Definition of Office

Noun: office Ã³-fis

Place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
"he rented an office in the new building";
- business office
An administrative unit of government
"Office of Management and Budget";
- agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, authority
The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
"the office of a teacher";
- function, part, role
(of a government or government official) the status of currently holding an official or elected position and having the corresponding authority
"being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in office";
- power
Professional or clerical workers in an office
"the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard";
- office staff
A religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities
"the offices of the mass"
A job in an organization
- position, post, berth, spot, billet, place, situation