( n. )
Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief.
( n. )
Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012