constitution establishment formation organization organisation | the act of forming or establishing something, the constitution of a PTA group last year, it was the establishment of his reputation, he still remembers the organization of the club |
post office | a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters |
position post berth office spot billet place situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
public office | a position concerning the people as a whole |
function office part role | the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group, the function of a teacher, the government must do its part, play its role |
organization organisation | the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically, his organization of the work force was very efficient |
office | a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities, the offices of the mass |
Divine Office | canonical prayers recited daily by priests (e.g. the breviary of the Roman Catholic Church) |
Little Office | a Roman Catholic office honoring the Virgin Mary, similar to but shorter than the Divine Office |
Office of the Dead | an office read or sung before a burial mass in the Roman Catholic Church |
land-office business | very large and profitable volume of commercial activity |
organization organisation | the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business, he was brought in to supervise the organization of a new department |
nonprofit organization nonprofit not-for-profit | an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities |
self-organization self-organisation | organizing yourself (especially organizing your own labor union) |
box office ticket office ticket booth | the office where tickets of admission are sold |
checkroom left-luggage office | a room where baggage or parcels are checked |
government office | an office where government employees work |
headquarters central office main office home office home base | (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise, many companies have their headquarters in New York |
land office | a government office where business relating to public lands is transacted |
life office | life assurance office |
loan office | an office where loans are negotiated and repaid |
office business office | place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed, he rented an office in the new building |
office building office block | a building containing offices where work is done |
office furniture | furniture intended for use in an office |
Oval Office | the office of the President of the United States in the White House |
pawnbroker's shop pawnshop loan office | a shop where loans are made with personal property as security |
Post-Office box PO Box POB call box letter box | a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for |
shipping office | the office of a shipping agent, an office where seamen are hired |
organization organisation system | an ordered manner, orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized, his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality, we can't do it unless we establish some system around here |
arrangement organization organisation system | an organized structure for arranging or classifying, he changed the arrangement of the topics, the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original, he tried to understand their system of classification |
Gestalt law of organization Gestalt principle of organization | a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization |
organization chart | a chart showing the lines of responsibility between departments of a large organization |
organization organisation | a group of people who work together |
nongovernmental organization NGO | an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government |
Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia ASALA Orly Group rd October Organization | a militant Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization formed in to force Turkey to acknowledge killing more than a million Armenians and forcibly removing them from border areas in , wants Turkey to pay reparations and cede territory to Armenia, ASALA bombing at Orly Airport in Paris in killed and wounded people |
Fatah Revolutionary Council Fatah-RC Abu Nidal Organization ANO Arab Revolutionary Brigades Black September Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims | a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in , has conducted terrorist attacks incountries, in the s the Fatah-RC was considered the most dangerous and murderous Palestinian terror group |
a Hizballah Hezbollah Hizbollah Hizbullah Lebanese Hizballah Party of God Islamic Jihad Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine Revolutionary Justice Organization Organization of the Oppressed on Earth | a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran, seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon, car bombs are the signature weapon |
Mujahidin-e Khalq Organization MKO MEK People's Mujahidin of Iran | a terrorist organization formed in the s by children of Iranian merchants, sought to counter the Shah of Iran's pro-western policies of modernization and opposition to communism, following a philosophy that mixes Marxism and Islam it now attacks the Islamic fundamentalists who deposed the Shah |
May Organization | a terrorist organization formed in by a faction of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine but disbanded in the s when key members left to join a faction of al-Fatah |
Revolutionary Organization November November | a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Greece that is violently opposed to imperialism and capitalism and NATO and the United States, an active terrorist group during the s |
line organization line organisation | the organizational structure of activities contributing directly to the organization's output |
financial institution financial organization financial organisation | an institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets |
business concern business concern business organization business organisation | a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it, he bought his brother's business, a small mom-and-pop business, a racially integrated business concern |
Foreign Office | the government department in charge of foreign relations |
Home Office | the government department in charge of domestic affairs |
French Foreign Office Quai d'Orsay | the French department in charge of foreign affairs, referred to familiarly by its address in Paris |
personnel department personnel office personnel staff office | the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management |
federal department federal office department of the federal government | a department of the federal government of the United States |
Office of Management and Budget OMB | the executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget |
Office of Intelligence Support OIS | agency that oversees the intelligence relationships of the Treasury's offices and bureaus and provides a link between the Intelligence Community and officials responsible for international economic policy |