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Look up: Office

  1. office
    a series of religious services spread throughout the day that involve prayer, readings and the recitation of psalms. The daily cycle of services consists of Matins, Lauds, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers, and Compline.
    Found on http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~cynthia.cy

  2. office
    [n] - (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power 2. [n] - professional or clerical workers in an office 3. [n] - place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed 4. [n] - a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Office
    Microsoft Office
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  4. office
    place where a particular kind of business is transacted or a service supplied Category: Printing and publishing
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Office
    Microsoft’s best selling office suite. It comprises Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint. Under threat from open source alternatives.
    Found on http://www.ft.com/dbglossary

  6. Office
    Of"fice noun [ French, from Latin officium , for opificium ; ops ability, wealth, holp + facere to do or make. See Opulent , Fact .] 1. That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices , pious offices …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/13

  7. Office
    Of`fice transitive verb To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge. [ Obsolete] Shak.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/13

  8. office
    1. That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices, pious offices. "I would I could do a good office between you." (Shak) ... 2. A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by authority and for a publi …
    Found on http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?o

  9. office
    office staff noun professional or clerical workers in an office; `the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. office
    business office noun place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed; `he rented an office in the new building`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  11. office
    noun a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities; `the offices of the mass`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. office
    power noun (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`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. Office
    An `office` is generally a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an organisation with specific duties attached to it (see officer, office-holder, official); the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one's duty. When used as an adjective, the term `office` may refer to business-related tasks. In legal writing, a company or organization has `offices` in a...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office

  14. Office
    An `office` is generally a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an organisation with specific duties attached to it (see officer, office-holder, official); the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one's duty. When used as an adjective, the term `office` may refer to business-related tasks. In legal writing, a company or organization has `offices` in a...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office

  15. Office
    An `office` is generally a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an organisation with specific duties attached to it (see officer, office-holder, official); the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one's duty. When used as an adjective, the term `office` may refer to business-related tasks. In legal writing, a company or organization has `offices` in a...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office

  16. Office
    • (n.) The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. • (n.) A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by authority and for a public purpose; a position of trust or authority; as, an executive or judical office; a municipal office...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  17. office
    (from the article `work, history of the organization of`) Office automation represents a further mechanization of office work, a process that began with the introduction of the typewriter and the adding ... ...containing embedded picture and sound files) worldwide, using computers, cellular telephones, and specially equipped televisions...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/8

  18. office
    (from the article `political system`) ...law of the polity—that effectively controls the exercise of political power. The essence of constitutionalism is the control of power by its ... Electorates have only a limited power to determine government policies. Most elections do not directly establish public policy but instead confer o...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/8

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8 January 2009

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Rationing began on 8 January 1940. Each person was allowed a specific mount of basic foods. In July 1940 a complete ban was put on the making or selling of iced cakes, and in September the manufacture of `candied peel` or `crystallised cherries` meant the death knell for the traditional wedding cake. On 1st December 1941 the Ministry of Food introduced the points rationing scheme for items such as canned meat, fish and vegetables at first. Everyone was given 16 points a month, later raised to twenty, to spend as wished at any shop that had the items wanted. read more

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