n.
function
place where a function is performed
1) to assume (an) ~
2) to hold; take ~
3) to seek (public) ~
4) ( pol. ) to run for ( AE ), stand for ( BE ) ~
5) to resign from (an) ~
6) ( pol. ) (an) appointive; elective; high; public ~
7) a branch; head, home, main ~
8) a booking; box, ticket; business; dead-letter; dentist's ( AE ); doctor's ( AE ); lawyer's; left-luggage ( BE ); lost-and-found ( AE ), lost property ( BE ); met ( BE ), meteorological ( BE ); patent; post; printing ~
9) at, in an ~ (she works at our ~)
10) ( pol. ) in; out of ~ (our party is out of ~)
ministry
( BE )
11) the Foreign; Home ~
misc.
12) smb.'s good ~s ('smb.'s services as a mediator')
USAGE NOTE: In North America, doctors and dentists have ~s ; in Great Britain, they have surgeries .