office
♦♦♦ of|fice /'ɒfɪs, AM 'ɔːf-/ (offices)
1 [N-COUNT]
An office is a room or a part of a building where people work sitting at desks.
He had an office big enough for his desk and chair, plus his VDU...
At about 4.30 p.m. Audrey arrived at the office...
Telephone their head office for more details.
...an office block.
2 [N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES]
An office is a department of an organization, especially the government, where people deal with a particular kind of administrative work.
Thousands have registered with unemployment offices.
...Downing Street's press office.
...the Congressional Budget Office.
3 [N-COUNT] usu supp N
An office is a small building or room where people can go for information, tickets, or a service of some kind.
The tourist office operates a useful room-finding service.
...the airline ticket offices.
4 [N-COUNT]
A doctor's or dentist's office is a place where a doctor or dentist sees their patients. (AM; in BRIT, use surgery)
5 [N-UNCOUNT] oft in/out of N
If someone holds office in a government, they have an important job or position of authority.
The events to mark the President's ten years in office went ahead as planned...
They are fed up with the politicians and want to vote them out of office...
The president shall hold office for five years...
He ran for office.
6
see also booking office, box office, register office, register office, registry officebook|ing of|fice (booking offices)
[N-COUNT]
A booking office is a room where tickets are sold and booked, especially in a theatre or station. (BRIT; in AM, use ticket office)
= ticket officebox of|fice (box offices)
also box-office
1 [N-COUNT]
The box office in a theatre, cinema, or concert hall is the place where the tickets are sold.
2 [N-SING] usu the N, N n
When people talk about the box office, they are referring to the degree of success of a film or play in terms of the number of people who go to watch it or the amount of money it makes.
The film has taken £180 million at the box office...
The film was a huge box-office success.of|fice boy (office boys)
[N-COUNT]
An office boy is a young man, especially one who has just left school, who is employed in an office to do simple tasks. (OLD-FASHIONED)of|fice hours
[N-PLURAL] usu prep N
Office hours are the times when an office or similar place is open for business. For example, office hours in Britain are usually between 9 o'clock and 5 o'clock from Monday to Friday.
If you have any queries, please call Anne Fisher during office hours.post of|fice (post offices)
1 [N-SING] usu the N
The Post Office is the national organization that is responsible for postal services.
The Post Office has confirmed that up to fifteen thousand jobs could be lost.
2 [N-COUNT]
A post office is a building where you can buy stamps, post letters and packages, and use other services provided by the national postal service.post of|fice box (post office boxes)
[N-COUNT]
A post office box is a numbered box in a post office where a person's mail is kept for them until they come to collect it.
= PO Boxreg|is|ter of|fice (register offices)
[N-COUNT]
A register office is a place where births, marriages, and deaths are officially recorded, and where people can get married without a religious ceremony. (BRIT)
= registry officereg|is|try of|fice (registry offices)
[N-COUNT]
A registry office is the same as a register office. (mainly BRIT)sort|ing of|fice (sorting offices)
[N-COUNT]
A sorting office is a place where letters and parcels that have been posted are taken and sorted according to where they are being sent. (BRIT)
1 [N-COUNT]
An office is a room or a part of a building where people work sitting at desks.
He had an office big enough for his desk and chair, plus his VDU...
At about 4.30 p.m. Audrey arrived at the office...
Telephone their head office for more details.
...an office block.
2 [N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES]
An office is a department of an organization, especially the government, where people deal with a particular kind of administrative work.
Thousands have registered with unemployment offices.
...Downing Street's press office.
...the Congressional Budget Office.
3 [N-COUNT] usu supp N
An office is a small building or room where people can go for information, tickets, or a service of some kind.
The tourist office operates a useful room-finding service.
...the airline ticket offices.
4 [N-COUNT]
A doctor's or dentist's office is a place where a doctor or dentist sees their patients. (AM; in BRIT, use surgery)
5 [N-UNCOUNT] oft in/out of N
If someone holds office in a government, they have an important job or position of authority.
The events to mark the President's ten years in office went ahead as planned...
They are fed up with the politicians and want to vote them out of office...
The president shall hold office for five years...
He ran for office.
6
see also booking office, box office, register office, register office, registry officebook|ing of|fice (booking offices)
[N-COUNT]
A booking office is a room where tickets are sold and booked, especially in a theatre or station. (BRIT; in AM, use ticket office)
= ticket officebox of|fice (box offices)
also box-office
1 [N-COUNT]
The box office in a theatre, cinema, or concert hall is the place where the tickets are sold.
2 [N-SING] usu the N, N n
When people talk about the box office, they are referring to the degree of success of a film or play in terms of the number of people who go to watch it or the amount of money it makes.
The film has taken £180 million at the box office...
The film was a huge box-office success.of|fice boy (office boys)
[N-COUNT]
An office boy is a young man, especially one who has just left school, who is employed in an office to do simple tasks. (OLD-FASHIONED)of|fice hours
[N-PLURAL] usu prep N
Office hours are the times when an office or similar place is open for business. For example, office hours in Britain are usually between 9 o'clock and 5 o'clock from Monday to Friday.
If you have any queries, please call Anne Fisher during office hours.post of|fice (post offices)
1 [N-SING] usu the N
The Post Office is the national organization that is responsible for postal services.
The Post Office has confirmed that up to fifteen thousand jobs could be lost.
2 [N-COUNT]
A post office is a building where you can buy stamps, post letters and packages, and use other services provided by the national postal service.post of|fice box (post office boxes)
[N-COUNT]
A post office box is a numbered box in a post office where a person's mail is kept for them until they come to collect it.
= PO Boxreg|is|ter of|fice (register offices)
[N-COUNT]
A register office is a place where births, marriages, and deaths are officially recorded, and where people can get married without a religious ceremony. (BRIT)
= registry officereg|is|try of|fice (registry offices)
[N-COUNT]
A registry office is the same as a register office. (mainly BRIT)sort|ing of|fice (sorting offices)
[N-COUNT]
A sorting office is a place where letters and parcels that have been posted are taken and sorted according to where they are being sent. (BRIT)