Bureau - English meaning

noun

A business or organization providing a particular service on behalf of another business, person, or group.

Usage examples:

An advertising agency

noun

A business acting for or representing a person, an organization, or another business

Usage examples:

An advertising/employment agency, a real estate agency, federal agencies, the environmental protect…

noun

A business that provides a service to other people or organizations

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Background checks may be done in-house or by an outside agency., she now runs an agency which last …

noun

A person's regular occupation, profession, or trade.

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Experts who typically conduct their business over the internet

noun

The activity of buying and selling goods and services, or a particular company that does this, or work in general rather than pleasure

Usage examples:

[ c ] he runs a dry cleaning business., [ u ] i’m in baltimore on business., [ u ] our firm does a …

noun

The activity of buying and selling goods and services

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In business she is an academic, but all her brothers work in business., be in business currently, f…

noun

A commercial business.

Usage examples:

A shipping company

verb

Associate with; keep company with.

Usage examples:

These men which have companied with us all this time

noun

An organization that produces or sells goods or services in order to make a profit

Usage examples:

He owns part of a company that manufactures software for personal computers., it was a long trip an…

verb

Relate to; be about.

Usage examples:

The story concerns a friend of mine

noun

Anxiety; worry.

Usage examples:

Carole gazed at her with concern

verb

To trouble someone with feelings of anxiety; worry

Usage examples:

The loss didn’t bother him, but his team’s confidence concerns him., this is an issue that should c…

noun

A piece of furniture with a flat or sloping surface and typically with drawers, at which one can read, write, or do other work.

Usage examples:

He sat at his desk, reading reports

noun

A type of table that you can work at, often one with drawers

Usage examples:

An office/school desk, at someone's desk she sat at her desk writing letters., on someone’s desk he…

noun

A place, often with a counter (= a long flat narrow surface) especially in a hotel or airport, where you can get information or service

Usage examples:

A check-in/information/reception desk

adjective

Having a solid, almost unyielding surface or structure.

Usage examples:

The bed should be reasonably firm, but not too hard

verb

Make more solid or resilient.

Usage examples:

How can i firm up a sagging bustline?

adverb

In a resolute and determined manner.

Usage examples:

The chancellor has held firm to tough economic policies

noun

A room, set of rooms, or building used as a place for commercial, professional, or bureaucratic work.

Usage examples:

An office job

noun

A place in a building where a business is carried on by people working at desks (= special tables) used for writing and for holding telephones and computers

Usage examples:

An office building, i didn’t leave the office until nearly 8 o’clock., the doctor’s office was fill…

noun

A room or building in which people work, especially sitting at desks with computers, phones, etc., as a part of a business or other organization

Usage examples:

The meeting is at their offices in san diego., local/regional/overseas office it would be so much e…

noun

The action of functioning or the fact of being active or in effect.

Usage examples:

Restrictions on the operation of market forces

noun

A mathematical process, such as addition, in which one set of numbers is produced from another

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She underwent a six-hour open-heart operation., [ u ] several printing presses are in operation (= …

noun

The fact of operating or being active

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Come into/begin operation we expect the new procedure to come into operation early next year., be o…

noun

An organized group of people with a particular purpose, such as a business or government department.

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A research organization

noun

A small writing desk; an escritoire.

Usage examples:

One of the finest pieces of french royal furniture in the wallace collection is the secretaire made…

noun

The action of helping or doing work for someone.

Usage examples:

Millions are involved in voluntary service

verb

A system supplying a public need such as transport, communications, or utilities such as electricity and water.

Usage examples:

A regular bus service

noun

The help provided to a customer by someone who works in esp. a restaurant or store

Usage examples:

The service in this restaurant is terrible – i’ve been waiting fifteen minutes., [ u ] she was give…