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bureau
[ byoor-oh ]
noun
- a chest of drawers, often with a mirror at the top.
- a division of a government department or an independent administrative unit.
- an office for collecting or distributing news or information, coordinating work, or performing specified services; agency:
a travel bureau; a news bureau.
- Chiefly British. a desk or writing table with drawers for papers.
bureau
/ ˈʊəəʊ /
noun
- a writing desk with pigeonholes, drawers, etc, against which the writing surface can be closed when not in use
- a chest of drawers
- an office or agency, esp one providing services for the public
- a government department
- a branch of a government department
Other Word Forms
- ܲbr noun plural subbureaus subbureaux
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of bureau1
Example Sentences
There could be more challenges ahead, such as allegations of budget mismanagement, which have begun to emerge after Indonesia's anti-graft bureau flagged a "real possibility" of fraud in March.
He was one of them, a veteran bureau man, and now he was suspected of betraying his oath and his country.
To be fair, many of these provisions are rarely used - India's crime records bureau tracks around 50 laws, even though 370 carry criminal penalties.
In an interview with The Times this week, he suggested the department could also downsize its information bureau — which he said “puts out basically PR stories” — and assign more people to handle public records requests.
Some Californians jokingly referred to the commission then, the history said, as the railroad’s “literary bureau” — its public relations arm.
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