BUREAU


Meaning of BUREAU in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

an advice centre/service/desk/bureau

They offer a 24-hour advice service to customers.

bureau de change

Federal Bureau of Investigation

marriage bureau

travel bureau

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

political

Mengistu is general secretary of the party, which is governed by an 11-member political bureau .

Chipenda was also elected to the political bureau .

This in turn chose a new 21-member political bureau in its first session on Dec. 12.

Members of the political bureau: Do Muoi.

■ NOUN

advice

Equally citizens' advice bureaux may be able to assist with advice and information which may further your case.

Anyone injured at work can obtain advice quickly from their local citizen's advice bureau .

chief

Self also believes it is wrong to assume that bureau chiefs generally control a monopoly.

Benjamin Bradlee, the dashing Washington bureau chief for Newsweek.

Newsweek has a new Washington bureau chief , the first woman ever to serve in that post.

He has been a reporter, Washington correspondent, system editor, state editor and Baltimore County bureau chief .

computer

Suppose that you run a computer bureau and carry out ordinary data processing work.

credit

His new employer can get his medical history from the insurance company, and his credit history from a credit bureau .

manager

The recommended salary scale for bureaux managers is pegged to local authority rates for professional staff.

The bureau managers today would be pleased if their task could be described only in these terms.

marriage

Dexter sighed with increasing frequency when sent out to check yet another marriage bureau .

A computer dating agency? Marriage bureaux ?

In the following weeks, they continued to chase London's dating agencies and marriage bureaux .

news

I work nights - in a news bureau , as a croupier in a nightclub, as a waitress.

It worked like a news bureau .

worker

Out of this fraught legal and financial tangle the bureau worker must work with the client to create order and stability.

The next chapter will examine recent issues that are engaging bureau workers in their search to meet their commitment to the community.

The managerial role of senior bureau workers is increasingly recognised.

■ VERB

use

The technology used by the bureau has improved.

The alternative is to use a litigation support bureau which operates in a similar way to external photocopying bureaux.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

He is now Director of the Maritime Transport Bureau .

the visitor's information bureau

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

At the area course the trainee will have a chance to meet trainees from other local bureaux.

Nevertheless, out of necessity, to help the adviser feel less pressured, some bureaux do run partial appointment systems.

Perhaps the most obvious is wilful and corrupt exploitation of debtors by dishonest employees of the credit reference bureau .

The bureau is interested in its sponsor's demands as a basis for the formulation of its budget.

The bureau swooped down on three illicit Hong Kong factories on Sept. 3 alone.

Their whole life began seeming like a missing persons bureau .

Your sister said you passed out and hit your head on her bureau .

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