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A ceremonial duty or service, particularly:
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A position of responsibility.
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When the office of Secretary of State is vacant, its duties fall upon an official within the department.
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Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position.
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She held office as secretary of state until she left office to run for office.
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An official or group of officials; a personification of officeholders.
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A duty, particularly owing to one's position or station; a charge, trust, or role; moral duty.
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The performance of a duty; an instance of performing a duty.
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Function: anything typically done by or expected of something.
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A bodily function, urination and defecation; an act of urination or defecation.
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(now usually in plural) A service, a kindness.
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Inside information.
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A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly:
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The office of the Secretary of State is cleaned when it is vacant.
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The staff of such places.
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The whole office was there... well, except you, of course.
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(in large organizations) The administrative departments housed in such places, particularly:
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He's from our public relations office.
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(now in the plural) The parts of a house or estate devoted to manual work and storage, as the kitchen, scullery, laundry, stables, etc., particularly a house or estate's facilities for urination and defecation: outhouses or lavatories.
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Clipping of inquest of office: an inquest undertaken on occasions when the Crown claimed the right of possession to land or property.
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A piece of land used for hunting; the area of land overseen by a gamekeeper.
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A hangout: a place where one is normally found.
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A plane's cockpit, particularly an observer's cockpit.
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A collection of business software typically including a word processor and spreadsheet and slideshow programs.