Office Definition–noun | 1. | a room, set
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of rooms, or building where the business of a commercial or industrial organization or of a professional person is conducted: the main office of an insurance company; a doctor's office. | | 2. | a room assigned to a specific person or a group of persons in a commercial or industrial organization: Her office is next to mine. | | 3. | a business or professional organization: He went to work in an architect's office. | | 4. | the staff or designated part of a staff at a commercial or industrial organization: The whole office was at his wedding. | | 5. | a position of duty, trust, or authority, esp. in the government, a corporation, a society, or the like: She was elected twice to the office of president. | | 6. | employment or position as an official: to seek office. | | 7. | the duty, function, or part of a particular person or agency: to act in the office of adviser. | | 8. | (initial capital letter ) an operating agency or division of certain departments of the U.S. Government: Office of Community Services. | | 9. | (initial capital letter) British. a major administrative unit or department of the national government: the Foreign Office. | | 10. | Slang. hint, signal, or warning; high sign. | | 11. | Often, offices. something, whether good or bad, done or said for or to another: He obtained a position through the offices of a friend. | | 12. | Ecclesiastical. | a. | the prescribed order or form for a service of the church or for devotional use. | | b. | the services so prescribed. | | c. | Also called divine office. the prayers, readings from Scripture, an
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d psalms that must be recited every day by all who are in major orders. | | d. | a ceremony or rite, esp. for the dead. | | | 13. | a service or task to be performed; assignment; chore: little domestic offices. | | 14. | offices, Chiefly British. | a. | the parts of a house, as the kitchen, pantry, or laundry, devoted mainly to household work. | | b. | the stables, barns, cowhouses, etc., of a farm. | | |
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Max Definition–noun –adjective –adverb —Verb phrase | 4. | max out, | a. | to reach a point at which no more improvement, profit, or benefit can occur; level off: In her last job she maxed out at $25,000 a year. | | b. | to reach the limit of one's capacity, endurance, etc.: The sales department has maxed out and needs mo
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