Noun
1. place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed;
"he rented an office in the new building"2. an administrative unit of government;
"the Central Intelligence Agency""the Census Bureau""Office of Management and Budget""Tennessee Valley Authority"3. the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group;
"the function of a teacher""the government must do its part""play its role"4. (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"5. professional or clerical workers in an office;
"the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard"6. a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities;
"the offices of the mass"7. a job in an organization;
"he occupied a post in the treasury"