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bureau

[ byoor-oh ]

noun

plural bureaus, bureaux
  1. a chest of drawers, often with a mirror at the top.
  2. a division of a government department or an independent administrative unit.
  3. an office for collecting or distributing news or information, coordinating work, or performing specified services; agency:

    a travel bureau; a news bureau.

  4. Chiefly British. a desk or writing table with drawers for papers.


bureau

/ 藞产箩蕣蓹谤蓹蕣 /

noun

  1. a writing desk with pigeonholes, drawers, etc, against which the writing surface can be closed when not in use
  2. a chest of drawers
  3. an office or agency, esp one providing services for the public
    1. a government department
    2. a branch of a government department
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉耻产顎僢耻顎卹别补耻 noun plural subbureaus subbureaux
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bureau1

1710鈥20; < French: desk, office, originally a kind of cloth (used to cover desks, etc.), Anglo-French, Old French burel, equivalent to bur- (probably < *产奴谤补, variant of Late Latin burra wool, fluff鈥; 产辞耻谤谤茅别 ) + -el noun suffix
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bureau1

C17: from French: desk, office, originally: type of cloth used for covering desks and tables, from Old French burel , from Late Latin burra shaggy cloth
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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.

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He was one of them, a veteran bureau man, and now he was suspected of betraying his oath and his country.

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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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In an interview with The Times this week, he suggested the department could also downsize its information bureau 鈥 which he said 鈥減uts out basically PR stories鈥 鈥 and assign more people to handle public records requests.

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Some Californians jokingly referred to the commission then, the history said, as the railroad鈥檚 鈥渓iterary bureau鈥 鈥 its public relations arm.

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