bureau meaning

• Noun: bureau (bureaux,bureaus)  byûrow
  1. An administrative unit of government
     "the Census Bureau"
     - agency, federal agency, government agency, office, authority 
  2. Furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
     - chest of drawers, chest, dresser

  Derived forms: bureaux, bureaus

  Type of: administrative body, administrative unit, article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture

  Encyclopedia: Bureau

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  [Business]
  AmE / noun [C] (plural bureaux or bureaus /; AmE /)

  CREDIT BUREAU, SERVICE BUREAU

  1

  an office or organization that provides information on a particular subject:

  an employment bureau

  2

  in the US and other countries, a government department or part of a government department:

  the Australian Bureau of Statistics

  the Federal Bureau of Investigation

• 
  [Defence]
  A long-standing functional organization, with a supporting staff designed to perform a specific function or activity within a joint force commander’s headquarters.
  (JP 3-33)

• I personally worked with the regional bureaus.
• Above them was a central bureau of cooperatives.
• I took it from your mother's bureau in louisville.
• The bureau chief nodded.
• But you could suggest she write to a marriage bureau.
• In washington the bureau of european affairs recommended abstention.
• The bureau of cherry was also high and wide and solidly built.
• Nim rose from his seat and crossed to a bureau beneath bookshelves.
• The federal bureau of prisons this year is pushing for new construction funds.
• His real influence was asserted through his domination of the political bureau.

• "bureau" meaning in Chinese: n. (pl. bureaus, bureaux )〔英国〕1.(有抽屉的)办公桌，写字台；〔美国〕梳妆台，有镜衣...
• "bureau" meaning in Japanese: bureau n. 局, 部, 事務所; 《米》 (鏡つきの)寝室用たんす; 《英》 (引き出しつきの)大机. 【形...
• "bureau" meaning in Russian: 1) бюро Ex: information bureau справочное (информационное)...
• "bureau" meaning in French: n. bureau, secrétaire, table de travail; commode; office...