bureau

  • 41bureau — noun plural bureaux, BrE, Bureaus AmE (C) 1 an office or organization that collects or provides information: an employment bureau 2 especially AmE a government department or a part of a government department: the Federal Bureau of Investigation 3 …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 42bureau — noun 1) an oak bureau Syn: dresser, chest of drawers, cabinet, tallboy, highboy 2) the tourism bureau Syn: agency, service, office, business, company, firm; department …

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  • 43bureau — noun 1) an oak bureau Syn: desk, writing table, secretaire 2) the intelligence bureau Syn: department, agency, office, division, branch, section, station, unit …

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  • 44bureau — [ˈbjʊərəʊ] (plural bureaux [ˈbjʊərəʊz] ) noun [C] 1) an organization that collects or provides information an advice bureau[/ex] 2) a government department, or part of a government department the Federal Bureau of Investigation[/ex] 3) British a… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 45bureau — A department of a municipal or state government; in the federal government, usually a department within a department, a subdivision of a department. Note that many particular bureaus are to be found herein under the specific designating term,… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 46bureau — noun (plural bureaus; also bureaux) Etymology: French, desk, cloth covering for desks, from Old French burel woolen cloth, from Old French *bure, from Late Latin burra shaggy cloth Date: 1699 1. a. British writing desk; …

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  • 47BUREAU — s. m. Il signifie la même chose que Bure, et il a vieilli. Vêtu de bureau …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 48bureau — noun /ˈbjʊɹ.əʊ/ a) office b) desk, usually with a cover and compartments for storing papers etc. located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath See Also: bureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureaucratic, burel, Federa …

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  • 49bureau — bu·reau s.m.inv. ES fr. {{wmetafile0}} 1. scrivania, scrittoio 2. ufficio, direzione spec. di un albergo: chiedere informazioni al bureau {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: sec. XX. ETIMO: da burel stoffa grossolana poi tappeto e tavolo su cui si fanno i… …

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  • 50Bureau — Bu|reau [by ro:] das; s, Plur. s u. x [by ro:s] <aus gleichbed. fr. bureau, vgl. ↑Büro> franz. Schreibung von ↑Büro …

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