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1. (n.) bureau
a chest of drawers, often with a mirror at the top.
2. bureau
a division of a government department or an independent administrative unit.
3. bureau
an office that collects and distributes information or performs specified services; agency.
4. bureau
Chiefly Brit. a writing desk with drawers for papers.
Etymology: (1710–20; < F: desk, office, orig. a kind of cloth)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority
an administrative unit of government
"the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
2. (noun) chest of drawers, chest, bureau, dresser
furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Bureau
originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers
2. (noun) Bureau
the place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted
3. (noun) Bureau
hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief
4. (noun) Bureau
a chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Bureau
a name given to a department of public administration, hence bureaucracy, a name for government by bureaux.
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. Bureau
A long-standing functional organization, with a supporting staff designed to perform a specific function or activity within a joint force commander
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Sense: a writing-desk with drawers.
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 Afrikaans: skryftafel |
 Arabic: مِنْضَدَةُ كِتابَه |
 Bulgarian: писалищна маса |
 Brazilian: escrivaninha |
 Czech: psací stůl |
 German: das Schreibpult |
 Danish: skrivebord |
 Greek: γραφείο (έπιπλο) |
 Spanish: escritorio |
 Estonian: kirjutuslaud |
 Farsi: میزتحریر کشو دار |
 Finnish: kirjoituslipasto |
 French: bureau |
 Hebrew: שֻלְחָן כְּתְיבָה @@@שוּל |
 Hindi: लिखने की मेज, दफ्तर, विभा |
 Croatian: pisaći stol |
 Hungarian: íróasztal |
 Indonesian: meja tulis |
 Icelandic: skrifborð |
 Italian: scrivania |
 Japanese: 引き出し付の机 |
 Korean: 서랍 달린 책상 |
 Lithuanian: rašomasis stalas |
 Latvian: rakstāmgalds |
 Malay: meja tulis berlaci |
 Dutch: bureau |
 Norwegian: skrivebord, skatoll |
 Polish: biurko, sekretarzyk |
 Persian: میزتحریر کشو دار |
 Pashto: د تحریر میز چی روک ولری |
 Portuguese: escrivaninha |
 Romanian: birou |
 Russian: бюро |
 Slovak: písací stôl |
 Slovenian: pisalna miza |
 Serbian: pisaći sto |
 Swedish: sekretär, skrivbord |
 Thai: โต๊ะเขียนหนังสือที่มีลิ้น |
 Turkish: yazı masası |
 Taiwanese: 有抽屜的辦公桌 |
 Ukrainian: бюро, конторка |
 Urdu: درازوں والا لکھنے کی میز |
 Vietnamese: bàn giấy |
 Chinese: 有抽屉的办公桌 |
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