'office' definitions:

Place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed; "he rented an office in the new building" [syn: office, business office]

An administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority" [syn: agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority]

The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role" [syn: function, office, part, role]

(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power; "being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of the president" [syn: office, power]

Professional or clerical workers in an office; "the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard" [syn: office, office staff]

A religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities; "the offices of the mass"

A job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation]