| basic training | the initial period of training for new military personnel, involves intense physical activity and behavioral discipline |
basic
staple | (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant |
| basic point defense missile system | a shipboard missile system |
department store
emporium | a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise, commonly part of a retail chain |
| garage service department | a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired |
| basic cognitive process | cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledge |
| department | a specialized sphere of knowledge, baking is not my department, his work established a new department of literature |
fundamentals
basics
fundamental principle
basic principle
bedrock | principles from which other truths can be derived, first you must learn the fundamentals, let's get down to basics |
basic assumption
constatation
self-evident truth | an assumption that is basic to an argument |
| Basic English | a simplified form of English proposed for use as an auxiliary language for international communication, devised by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards |
| BASIC | a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn, an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code, no longer in general use |
department
section | a specialized division of a large organization, you'll find it in the hardware department, she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury |
| academic department | a division of a school that is responsible for a given subject |
anthropology department
department of anthropology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in anthropology |
| art department | the academic department responsible for teaching art and art appreciation |
biology department
department of biology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in biology |
chemistry department
department of chemistry | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in chemistry |
| department of computer science | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in computer science |
economics department
department of economics | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in economics |
English department
department of English | the academic department responsible for teaching English and American literature |
history department
department of history | the academic department responsible for teaching history |
linguistics department
department of linguistics | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in linguistics |
mathematics department
department of mathematics | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in mathematics |
philosophy department
department of philosophy | the academic department responsible for teaching philosophy |
physics department
department of physics | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in physics |
music department
department of music | the academic department responsible for teaching music and music appreciation |
psychology department
department of psychology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in psychology |
sociology department
department of sociology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in sociology |
| business department | a division of a business firm |
advertising department
advertising division | the division of a business that is responsible for advertising |
| editorial department | the department of a publishing business that edits material for publication |
| parts department | the division of a business (e.g. a service garage) that sells replacement parts |
personnel department
personnel office
personnel staff office | the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management |
plant department
building department | the division of a business responsible for building and maintaining the physical plant |
| purchasing department | the division of a business that is responsible for purchases |
sales department
sales division
sales force | the division of a business that is responsible for selling products or services |
| service department | the division of a business that provides customer services |
| government department | a department of government |
payroll
payroll department | the department that determines the amounts of wage or salary due to each employee |
local department
department of local government | a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government |
corrections
department of corrections | the department of local government that is responsible for managing the treatment of convicted offenders, for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections |
security
security department | a department responsible for the security of the institution's property and workers, the head of security was a former policeman |
| fire department | the department of local government responsible for preventing and extinguishing fires |
| police department | the department of local government concerned with enforcing the law and preventing crime |
| sanitation department | the department of local government responsible for collecting and disposing of garbage |
| State Department | a department of government in one of thestates |
federal department
federal office
department of the federal government | a department of the federal government of the United States |
| executive department | a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States |
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Agriculture USDA | the federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy), created in |
Department of Commerce
Commerce Department
Commerce
DoC | the United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office), created in |