Booking office
() An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. |
Booking office
() An office where passage tickets are sold. |
Breach
(n.) The act of breaking, in a figurative sense. |
Breach
(n.) Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie |
Breach
(n.) A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification |
Breach
(n.) A breaking of waters, as over a vessel |
Breach
(n.) A breaking up of amicable relations |
Breach
(n.) A bruise |
Breach
(n.) A hernia |
Breach
(n.) A breaking out upon |
Breached
(imp. & p. p.) of Breach |
Breach
(v. t.) To make a breach or opening in |
Breach
(v. i.) To break the water, as by leaping out |
Crown office
() The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. |
Dereliction
(n.) The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume |
Dereliction
(n.) A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment. |
Dereliction
(n.) The state of being left or abandoned. |
Dereliction
(n.) A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained. |
Duty
(n.) That which is due |
Duty
(n.) That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing |
Duty
(n.) Hence, any assigned service or business |
Duty
(n.) Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and superiors. |
Duty
(n.) Respect |
Duty
(n.) The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel |
Duty
(n.) Tax, toll, impost, or customs |
Ex-official
(a.) Proceeding from office or authority. |
Extra-official
(a.) Not prescribed by official duty. |
Grossly
(adv.) In a gross manner |
Malfeasance
(n.) The doing of an act which a person ought not to do |
Office
(n.) That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others |
Office
(n.) A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by authority and for a public purpose |
Office
(n.) A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God himself |
Office
(n.) That which is performed, intended, or assigned to be done, by a particular thing, or that which anything is fitted to perform |
Office
(n.) The place where a particular kind of business or service for others is transacted |
Office
(n.) The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose place of business is in an office |
Office
(n.) The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc. |
Office
(n.) Any service other than that of ordination and the Mass |
Office
(v. t.) To perform, as the duties of an office |
Official
(n.) Of or pertaining to an office or public trust |
Official
(n.) Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority |
Official
(n.) Approved by authority |
Official
(n.) Discharging an office or function. |
Official
(a.) One who holds an office |
Official
(a.) An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction. |
Post office
(n.) See under 4th Post. |
Pound-breach
(n.) The breaking of a public pound for releasing impounded animals. |
Sea breach
() A breaking or overflow of a bank or a dike by the sea. |
Spouse-breach
(n.) Adultery. |
| breach | a failure to perform some promised act or obligation |
| breach of contract | a breach of a legal duty, failure to do something that is required in a contract |
anticipatory breach
constructive breach | a breach of contract committed prior to the time of required performance |
| breach of duty | a breach of due care |
| breach of the covenant of warranty | a failure of the seller's guarantee of good title |
| breach of promise | failure to keep a promise (of marriage) |
| breach of trust | violation (either through fraud or negligence) by a trustee of a duty that equity requires of him |
| breach of trust with fraudulent intent | larceny after trust rather than after unlawful taking |
| breach of warranty | a breach that occurs when an item is deficient according to the terms of a warranty |
| material breach | a breach serious enough to destroy the value of the contract and to give a basis for an action for breach of contract |
| partial breach | a breach that does not destroy the value of the contract but can give rise to a claim for damages |
| official immunity | personal immunity accorded to a public official from liability to anyone injured by actions that are the consequence of exerting official authority |
| 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 |
| duty | work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons, the duties of the job |
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 |
assignment
duty assignment | a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces), hazardous duty |
guard duty
guard sentry duty
sentry go | the duty of serving as a sentry, he was on guard that night |
fatigue duty
fatigue | labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on), the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson, they were assigned to kitchen fatigues |
sea-duty
service abroad
shipboard duty | naval service aboard a ship at sea |
| shore duty | naval service at land bases |
| dereliction | willful negligence |
| neglect of duty | (law) breach of a duty |
| malfeasance | wrongful conduct by a public official |
disorderly conduct
disorderly behavior
disturbance of the peace
breach of the peace | any act of molesting, interrupting, hindering, agitating, or arousing from a state of repose or otherwise depriving inhabitants of the peace and quiet to which they are entitled |
| 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 |
| point duty | the control of traffic by a policeman stationed at an intersection |
| land-office business | very large and profitable volume of commercial activity |
duty
responsibility
obligation | the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force, we must instill a sense of duty in our children, every right implies a responsibility, every opportunity, an obligation, every possession, a duty- John D.Rockefeller Jr |
civic duty
civic responsibility | the responsibilities of a citizen |
| jury duty | the civic duty to serve on a jury |
| filial duty | duty of a child to its parents |
| legal duty | acts which the law requires be done or forborne |
| fiduciary duty | the legal duty of a fiduciary to act in the best interests of the beneficiary |
| line of duty | all that is normally required in some area of responsibility |
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 |