government department

Other forms: government departments

Definitions of government department

1. noun

   a department of government
   types:

   ministry

   a government department under the direction of a minister

   treasury

   the government department responsible for collecting and managing and spending public revenues

   department of local government, local department

   a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government

   Special Branch

   a government police department dealing with political security

   State Department

   a department of government in one of the 50 states

   department of the federal government, federal department, federal office

   a department of the federal government of the United States

   admiralty

   the department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain)

   Foreign Office

   the government department in charge of foreign relations

   Home Office

   the government department in charge of domestic affairs

   corrections, department of corrections

   the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders

   fire department

   the department of local government responsible for preventing and extinguishing fires

   police department

   the department of local government concerned with enforcing the law and preventing crime

   sanitation department

   the department of local government responsible for collecting and disposing of garbage

   executive department

   a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States

   type of:

   department, section

   a specialized division of a large organization