office

n.

1. A position involving responsibility

   position, appointment, post, occupation; see job 1, profession 1, trade 2.

2. A function

   performance, province, service; see duty 2.

3. A place in which office work is done

   room, office building, factory, bureau, agency, warehouse, facility, school building, suite; see also building 1, department 2.

   Types of offices include: consular, customs, foreign, ambassadorial, ministerial, governmental, business, principal's, counseling, professional, home, secretarial, stenographic, filing, typing, insurance, accountant, data processing, real estate, brokerage, bookkeeping, journalistic, recording, sheriff, police, credit union, law, bank, doctor's, dentist's, psychiatrist's, advertising agency, theater; booking office, box office. See syn. study at function, job.function, job.