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Bureau

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Noun

1. agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office

an administrative unit of government

Example Sentences:
'the Central Intelligence Agency'
'the Census Bureau'
'Office of Management and Budget'
'Tennessee Valley Authority'

2. bureau, chest, chest of drawers, dresser

furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bureau

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noun plural -reaus or -reaux (-rəʊz)
1. mainly British
a writing desk with pigeonholes, drawers, etc, against which the writing surface can be closed when not in use
2. US
a chest of drawers
3. 
an office or agency, esp one providing services for the public
4. 
a. 
a government department
b. 
a branch of a government department

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Bureau

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nounWord forms: plural ˈbureaus or ˈbureaux (ˈbjʊroʊz ; byoorˈōz)
1. 
a writing table or desk, with drawers for papers
2.  US
a chest of drawers, with or without a mirror, as for clothing
3. 
a. 
an agency for collecting and giving information or performing other services
a credit bureau, a travel bureau
b. 
a local office of such an agency
4.  US
a government department, or a subdivision of a government department

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bureau

see synonyms of bureau
n. pl. bu·reaus or bu·reaux (-ōz)
1. A chest of drawers, especially a dresser for holding clothes.
2. Chiefly British A writing desk or writing table with drawers.
3.
a. A government department or a subdivision of a department.
b. An office, usually of a large organization, that is responsible for a specific duty: a news bureau.
c. A business that offers information of a specified kind: a travel bureau.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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