department
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department de‧part‧ment [dɪˈpɑːtmənt ǁ -ɑːr-] written abbreviation Dept. or dept. noun [countable]
1. ORGANIZATIONS one of the parts of a large organization such as a company or university where people do a particular kind of work:
• She heads the customer services department.
bank ˈtrust deˌpartment BANKING ORGANIZATIONS
in the US, the part of a bank that deals with the money and property of people who have died, and manages other family financial matters
2. one of the parts that a government is divided into, which has a particular area of responsibility:
• the Department of Employment
3. a part of a large shop that sells a particular type of product:
• Joan works in the toy department.
4. one of the areas that some countries, for example France, are divided into
5. be somebody's department spoken to be something that a particular person is responsible for:
• Updating the website isn't really my department, ask Bill.
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department UK US /dɪˈpɑːtmənt/ noun [C] (WRITTEN ABBREVIATION dept)
► MANAGEMENT »
run/manage a department
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the sales/human resources/finance department
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He was previously a lecturer in the pharmacy department of Queen's University.
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a department director/supervisor
► COMMERCE the book/electrical/menswear department »
She has a Saturday job in the footwear department of a large city centre store.
► GOVERNMENT »
the Department of Education/Health/Justice
Financial and business terms.
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