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business office

Other forms: business offices

Definitions of business office
  1. noun
    place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
    synonyms: office
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    types:
    box office, ticket booth, ticket office
    the office where tickets of admission are sold
    countinghouse
    office used by the accountants of a business
    government office
    an office where government employees work
    central office, headquarters, home base, home office, main office
    (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
    life office
    life assurance office
    loan office
    an office where loans are negotiated and repaid
    newsroom
    an office in which news is processed by a newspaper or news agency or television or radio station
    shipping office
    the office of a shipping agent; an office where seamen are hired
    jobcentre
    a government office in a town where information about available jobs is displayed and where unemployment benefits are administered
    land office
    a government office where business relating to public lands is transacted
    mukataa
    an Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center
    type of:
    business establishment, place of business
    an establishment (a factory or an assembly plant or retail store or warehouse etc.) where business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processed or where services are rendered
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