Office Environment and Common Office Tools Explained

noun

1. a job in an organization

e.g. he occupied a post in the treasury

Synonym: positionpostberthspotbilletplacesituation

2. the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group

e.g. the function of a teacher
the government must do its part
play its role

Synonym: functionpartrole

3. a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities

e.g. the offices of the mass

4. place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed

e.g. he rented an office in the new building

Synonym: business office

5. an administrative unit of government

e.g. the Central Intelligence Agency
the Census Bureau
Office of Management and Budget
Tennessee Valley Authority

Synonym: agencyfederal agencygovernment agencybureauauthority

6. professional or clerical workers in an office

e.g. the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard

Synonym: office staff

7. (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power

e.g. 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

Synonym: power

noun

1. a desk used for writing

Synonym: writing tableescritoiresecretaire

2. a person to whom a secret is entrusted

Synonym: repository

3. an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization

Synonym: secretarial assistant

4. a person who is head of an administrative department of government

noun

1. a machine that inserts staples into sheets of paper in order to fasten them together

Synonym: stapling machine