Bureau

['bjʊərəʊ] or ['bjʊro]

Definition

(n.) Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers.

(n.) The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted.

(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.) A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture.

Typed by Anatole

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Chest of drawers.[2]. Office, counting-room, place of business.[3]. Department (of Government).

Typist: Robinson

Definition

n. a writing-table or chest of drawers: a room or office where such a table is used: a department for the transacting of public business:—pl. Bureaux (būr′ō) Bureaus (būr′ōz).

Typed by Felix

Examples

Edited by Brent

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