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  • 31office — n. function place where a function is performed 1) to assume (an) office 2) to hold; take office 3) to seek (public) office 4) (pol.) to run for (AE), stand for (BE) office 5) to resign from (an) office 6) (pol.) (an) appointive; elective; high;… …

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  • 32office — of|fice [ ɔfıs, afıs ] noun *** 1. ) count a room or building where the people in an organization or department work: I work in the company s Los Angeles office. Our offices are on the third floor. the office (=where you work every day): I… …

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  • 33office — noun 1 BUILDING (C) the building that belongs to a company or organization, with a lot of rooms where people work: The company is moving to new offices in central London. | head office (=main office) | the office: Did you go to the office today?… …

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  • 34office */*/*/ — UK [ˈɒfɪs] / US [ˈɔfɪs] / US [ˈɑfɪs] noun Word forms office : singular office plural offices 1) [countable] a room or building where the people in an organization or department work I work in the company s Los Angeles office. Our offices are on… …

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  • 35office — [[t]ɒ̱fɪs, AM ɔ͟ːf [/t]] ♦ offices 1) N COUNT An office is a room or a part of a building where people work sitting at desks. He had an office big enough for his desk and chair, plus his VDU... At about 4.30 p.m. Audrey arrived at the office...… …

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  • 36office — n. 1 a room or building used as a place of business, esp. for clerical or administrative work. 2 a room or department or building for a particular kind of business (ticket office; post office). 3 the local centre of a large business (our London… …

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  • 37Office — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Office (homonymie). Un office est dans la France du bas Moyen Âge et de l époque moderne, une charge personnelle consentie par un souverain ou un seigneur à un individu ; il s agit d une véritable délégation …

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  • 38office — officeless, adj. /aw fis, of is/, n. 1. a room, set of rooms, or building where the business of a commercial or industrial organization or of a professional person is conducted: the main office of an insurance company; a doctor s office. 2. a… …

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  • 39office — /ˈɒfəs / (say ofuhs) noun 1. a room or place for the transaction of business, the discharge of professional duties, or the like: the solicitor s office. 2. the room or rooms in which the clerical work of an industrial or other establishment is… …

  • 40office*/*/*/ — [ˈɒfɪs] noun 1) [C] a room or building where the people in an organization or department work, or the people who work there the company s Los Angeles office[/ex] Our offices are on the third floor.[/ex] office furniture[/ex] I share an office… …

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