desk

desk
The New York Federal Reserve Bank's trading desk ( or securities department) where all transactions of the Federal Reserve System are executed in the money market or the government securities market. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary

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desk desk [desk] noun [countable]
1. OFFICE a piece of furniture like a table, usually with drawers in it, that you sit at to write and work:

• My father has worked behind a desk for over forty-two years.

2. TRAVEL a place where you can get information in a hotel, airport etc:

• You may enquire at the information desk about tour times for the King's Palace.

• the hotel's front desk

— see also City desk, help desk, trading desk

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desk UK US /desk/ noun [C]
► WORKPLACE a type of table that you can work at, often one with drawers: »

She sat at her desk writing the report.

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I'm at my desk by 8 most mornings.

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He had a pile of papers on his desk.

 arrive on/land on/reach sb's desk »

I signed the contract as soon as it reached my desk.

→ See also CLEAR(Cf. ↑clear)
► TRANSPORT a place, often with a counter (= a long flat narrow surface) especially in a hotel or airport, where you can get information or service: »

We checked into the hotel at the front desk.

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a check-in/information/reception desk

► FINANCE the part of an organization where a particular type of business is done: »

a dealing/trading desk

► COMMUNICATIONS the department of a newspaper or broadcasting company which deals with a particular type of news: »

the foreign/sports/city desk


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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