Antonyms for offices
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : aw-fis, of-is |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔ fɪs, ˈɒf ɪs |
Definition of offices
Origin :- mid-13c., "a post, an employment to which certain duties are attached," from Anglo-French and Old French ofice "place or function; divine service" (12c. in Old French) or directly from Latin officium "service, kindness, favor; official duty, function, business; ceremonial observance," (in Ecclesiastical Latin, "church service"), literally "work-doing," from ops (genitive opis) "power, might, abundance, means" (related to opus "work;" see opus) + stem of facere "do, perform" (see factitious). Meaning "place for conducting business" first recorded 1560s. Office hours attested from 1841.
- noun business, responsibility
- noun place of business
- He left the block of offices and went towards Prince's Street.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- He felt much happier when he left the Herald offices than he had felt when he entered them.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- He hastened after her and saw her enter a block of offices in Cornhill.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- Houses and offices were being altered or repaired or rebuilt.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- What avail that the offices at Connal's town be finished, dog-kennel and all?
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- He continued to hold these offices in connection with his practice of the law, until 1840.
- Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
- Stores faced it on every side, and above the stores were the lawyers' offices.
- Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
- The moment the offices are finished we will have a meeting of the proposed shareholders.
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- Now, if you like, I will see to getting the offices and to engaging a solicitor.
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- Meanwhile, don't worry about the offices; they will be ready in good time.'
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
Synonyms for offices
- agency
- appointment
- berth
- billet
- building
- bureau
- capacity
- cave
- center
- charge
- commission
- connection
- department
- duty
- employment
- facility
- factory
- foundry
- function
- job
- obligation
- occupation
- performance
- place
- post
- province
- responsibility
- role
- room
- salt mines
- service
- setup
- shop
- situation
- spot
- station
- store
- suite
- trust
- warehouse
- work
- workstation
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