1. Noun
Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers.
2. Noun
The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted.
3. Noun
Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief.
4. Noun
A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture.
5. Noun
an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
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