Main entry: berth, billet, spot, situation, position, post, place, office
Definition: a job in an organization
Usage: he occupied a post in the treasury
Main entry: part, office, function, role
Definition: the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
Usage: the function of a teacher; the government must do its part; play its role
Main entry: office
Definition: a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities
Usage: the offices of the mass
Main entry: business office, office
Definition: place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
Usage: he rented an office in the new building
Main entry: government agency, federal agency, office, bureau, authority, agency
Definition: an administrative unit of government
Usage: the Central Intelligence Agency; the Census Bureau; Office of Management and Budget; Tennessee Valley Authority
Main entry: office, office staff
Definition: professional or clerical workers in an office
Usage: the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard
Definition: (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
Usage: being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage; during his first year in office; during his first year in power; the power of the president