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HOME OFFICE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
Example:
many companies have their headquarters in New York
Synonyms:
central office; headquarters; home base; home office; main office
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("home office" is a kind of...):
business office; office (place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "home office"):
mukataa (an Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The government department in charge of domestic affairs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Home Office" is a kind of...):
ministry (a government department under the direction of a minister of state)
