OFFICE

noun see: operate Date: 13th century 1. a special duty, charge, or position conferred by an exercise of governmental authority and for a public purpose ; a position of authority to exercise a public function and to receive whatever emoluments may belong to it, a position of responsibility or some degree of executive authority, a prescribed form or service of worship, a religious or social ceremonial observance ; rite , 4. something that one ought to do or must do ; an assigned or assumed duty, task, or role, the proper or customary action of something ; function , something done for another ; service , a place where a particular kind of business is transacted or a service is supplied: as, a place in which the functions of a public ~r are performed, the directing headquarters of an enterprise or organization, the place in which a professional person conducts business, the apartments, attached buildings, or outhouses in which the activities attached to the service of a house are carried on, 7. a major administrative unit in some governments , a subdivision of some government departments , see: function