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bureau
[ byoor-oh ]
noun
- a chest of drawers, often with a mirror at the top.
- a division of a government department or an independent administrative unit.
- an office for collecting or distributing news or information, coordinating work, or performing specified services; agency:
a travel bureau; a news bureau.
- Chiefly British. a desk or writing table with drawers for papers.
bureau
/ ˈʊəəʊ /
noun
- a writing desk with pigeonholes, drawers, etc, against which the writing surface can be closed when not in use
- a chest of drawers
- an office or agency, esp one providing services for the public
- a government department
- a branch of a government department
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲbr noun plural subbureaus subbureaux
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bureau1
Example Sentences
The former deputy head of China's statistics bureau, He Keng, admitted two years ago that the most "extreme estimate" is that there are now enough vacant homes for 3 billion people.
She said the bureau was also working on new grooming standards and updates to its racial equity plan.
There could be more challenges ahead, such as allegations of budget mismanagement, which have begun to emerge after Indonesia's anti-graft bureau flagged a "real possibility" of fraud in March.
He was one of them, a veteran bureau man, and now he was suspected of betraying his oath and his country.
To be fair, many of these provisions are rarely used - India's crime records bureau tracks around 50 laws, even though 370 carry criminal penalties.
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