Definition of departments Departments

/dɪpɑˈɹtmʌnts/ - [dipartmunts] -

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What does departments mean?

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Noun Plural: departments
department - 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"
		section
		division the act or process of dividing
		academic department a division of a school that is responsible for a given subject
		business department a division of a business firm
		personnel department, personnel office, staff office, personnel the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management
		government department a department of government
		payroll department, payroll the department that determines the amounts of wage or salary due to each employee
department - the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)
		administrative district, administrative division, territorial division a district defined for administrative purposes
		country, state, land the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
		french republic, france a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
department - a specialized sphere of knowledge; "baking is not my department"; "his work established a new department of literature"

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department (Noun)
A part, portion, or subdivision.
department (Noun)
A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province.
department (Noun)
Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instructions; as, the medical department; the department of physics.
department (Noun)
A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes.
department (Noun)
A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.
department (Noun)
Act of departing; departure.

department (v. i.)
Act of departing; departure.
department (v. i.)
A part, portion, or subdivision.
department (v. i.)
A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like; appointed sphere or walk; province.
department (v. i.)
Subdivision of business or official duty; especially, one of the principal divisions of executive government; as, the treasury department; the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instruction; as, the medical department; the department of physics.
department (v. i.)
A territorial division; a district; esp., in France, one of the districts composed of several arrondissements into which the country is divided for governmental purposes; as, the Department of the Loire.
department (v. i.)
A military subdivision of a country; as, the Department of the Potomac.

department
A section of a large organization, such as a government, a company, a university etc.

department
de-pärt′ment, n. a part: a separate part of business or duty: a section of the administration: a division of a country, esp. of France.—adj. Department′al.—adv. Department′ally

department
A term by which the divisions in the public services are distinguished, as the civil, the commissariat, the military, the naval, the victualling, &c.