| waste of money | money spent for inadequate return, the senator said that the project was a waste of money |
| foreign direct investment | a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company |
| money laundering | concealing the source of illegally gotten money |
| foreign direct investment | investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business) |
money cowrie
Cypraea moneta | cowrie whose shell is used for money in parts of the southern Pacific and in parts of Africa |
cashbox
money box
till | a strongbox for holding cash |
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 |
| money belt | belt with a concealed section for holding money |
savings bank
coin bank
money box bank | a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home, the coin bank was empty |
| department | a specialized sphere of knowledge, baking is not my department, his work established a new department of literature |
moneymaker
money-spinner
cash cow | a project that generates a continuous flow of money |
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
FISA | an act passed by Congress in to establish procedures for requesting judicial authorization for foreign intelligence surveillance and to create the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, intended to increase United States counterintelligence, separate from ordinary law enforcement surveillance |
| foreign policy | a policy governing international relations |
| money market | a market for short-term debt instruments |
| Foreign Office | the government department in charge of foreign relations |
French Foreign Office
Quai d'Orsay | the French department in charge of foreign affairs, referred to familiarly by its address in Paris |
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 |