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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
office/ˈɒfɪs/
▶noun
  • 1 a room, set of rooms, or building used as a place of business for clerical, administrative, or similar work.
  • 2 a position of authority or service.

    ■ tenure of an official position.

  • 3 (usu. offices) a service done for others.
  • 4 (also Divine Office) Christian Church the services of prayers and psalms said daily by Catholic priests or other clergy.
  • 5 (offices) Brit. dated the parts of a house given over to household work or to storage.
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. officium ‘performance of a task’ (in med. L. also ‘office, divine service’), based on opus ‘work’ + facere ‘do’.



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"at or in the office" issue
"he walks to the office door/office's door"?
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"out of office messages"?
"private office", "single office", "individual office"?
"recruiting" or "recruitment" office?
a "crazy" day / "crazy" in my office [=busy?]
a corner office
a doctor's office
A law office or a legal practice?
a ward office cashier
about bank: subbranch? office? business hall?
Above the XYZ office
According to the office wits
Admission office ...
admission/admissions office [BrE/AmE]
Although I can't access xxxx website from office but will see
An office in another country
an official with the Serb prosecutor's office
applications must be review them at this office
architecture office
Are you coming to your office today?
asking for stamps in a post office / forever stamps
assumed office on
at the office/in the office
back office cross charge
Barry enters his office as a middle manager and exits as a daisy.
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