1) структурное подразделение, административный орган (министерство, департамент, управление, отдел)
2) секция (в торговом предприятии)
3) функциональный отдел ( напр. кадров, финансов)
4) факультет (университета)
- department of internal audit
- departments of social production
- accounting department
- administrative department
- advice department
- analysis department
- auditing department
- auxiliary department
- bank department
- bespoke department
- buying department
- cash department
- certification department
- city collection department
- collection department
- common service departments
- construction department
- contracts department
- controller's department
- cost department
- coupon collection department
- coupon paying department
- credit department
- customers' securities department
- data processing department
- delivery department
- deposit department
- design department
- development department
- direct department
- discount department
- distribution department
- drafting department
- engineering department
- factory department
- field service department
- finance department
- finance-and-accounts department
- food department
- food department in discounters
- foreign exchange department
- functional department
- general bookkeeping department
- general service department
- indirect departments
- insurance department
- internal audit department
- inventory department
- issue department
- labor and wages department
- leased department
- loan department
- lost and found department
- management services department
- manufacturing department
- marketing and sales department
- marking department
- materials department
- merchandise development department
- methods department
- military department
- new business department
- nonproductive departments
- operating department
- operations research department
- organization department
- packing department
- patent department
- personal loan department
- personnel department
- preproduction department
- process department
- procurement department
- producing department
- production department
- production control department
- production planning department
- production scheduling and control department
- productive department
- publicity department
- purchasing department
- quality control department
- quotation department
- receiving department
- requisitioning department
- sales department
- sales order department
- savings department
- scheduling department
- selling department
- service department
- shipping department
- shop-training department
- signature department
- staff department
- standards department
- state banking department
- statement department
- statistics department
- stock department
- stores department
- styling department
- supply department
- systems-and-procedures department
- telephone order department
- thrift department
- timekeeping department
- time study department
- traffic department
- transit department
- trust department
- voucher department
- wages department
- water department
- work-study department