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What (who) is bureaux - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Bureaux; Bureau (disambiguation); Bereau; Bureaus; The Bureau; The Bureau (disambiguation)
Bureaux
·pl of Bureau.
bureaux
bureau
Note: The usual plural in British English is 'bureaux'. The usual plural in American English is 'bureaus'.
1.
A bureau is an office, organization, or government department that collects and distributes information.
...the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
...the Citizens' Advice Bureau.
N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES
2.
A bureau is an office of a company or organization which has its main office in another town or country. (mainly AM BUSINESS)
...the Wall Street Journal's Washington bureau.
= office
N-COUNT
3.
A bureau is a writing desk with shelves and drawers and a lid that opens to form the writing surface. (BRIT)
N-COUNT
4.
A bureau is a chest of drawers. (AM)
N-COUNT
Examples of use of bureaux
1. Staff speculated that the Washington and New York bureaux of the Daily Telegraph are to be amalgamated with the Sunday Telegraph bureaux.
2. Ofgem also considered complaints from Citizens Advice Bureaux.
3. But he had insisted on keeping the foreign bureaux.
4. "I‘ve checked with related police bureaux – the Immigration Police, the Metropolitan Police and the Special Branch.
5. Gangs sometimes sell them on to militants as well. (Additional reporting by Dubai and Berlin bureaux)