n.
function
place where a function is performed
1) to assume (an) office
2) to hold; take office
3) to seek (public) office
4) (pol.) to run for (AE), stand for (BE) office
5) to resign from (an) office
6) (pol.) (an) appointive; elective; high; public office
7) a branch; head, home, main office
8) a booking; box, ticket; business; dead-letter; dentist's (AE); doctor's (AE); lawyer's; left-luggage (BE); lost-and-found (AE), lost property (BE); met (BE), meteorological (BE); patent; post; printing office
9) at, in an office (she works at our office)
10) (pol.) in; out of office (our party is out of office)
ministry
(BE)
11) the Foreign; Home office
misc.
12) smb.'s good offices ('smb.'s services as a mediator')
USAGE NOTE: In North America, doctors and dentists have offices; in Great Britain, they have surgeries.