department
Bureau within institution
A department is a division within a larger organization—a section with its own function or specialty.
A company has departments for marketing, finance, and human resources.
A university has academic departments.
Government has the Department of Defense, the State Department.
A department store contains separate retail departments under one roof.
In casual speech, something outside your expertise is not my department.
Clergy's work or state department
- bureauOffice or furniture chest
- agencyPower to act
- secretariatAdministrative office of organization
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
bureaucracy · policy · regulation · oversight · compliance · directorship · governance · secretary
Inherent power or ability
- professorSenior university teacher
- deanSenior academic administrator
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- syllabusCourse plan document
lecture · seminar · thesis · research · coursework · major · minor · discipline
Splitting into parts
- unitIndividual part or measure
- branchDivision or woody limb
- sectionDistinct divided part
- human resourcesEmployee administration department
marketing · sales · finance · operations · legal · IT · management · supervisor
Mid-sized military unit
- brigadeLarge military unit
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
- squadSmall working group
- platoonSmall infantry formation
regiment · detachment · squadron · wing · unit · section · formation · contingent
Sales to end users
- aisleCorridor between seating sections
- counterFlat service surface
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- clothingBody coverings worn daily
cosmetics · housewares · electronics · fitting room · display · checkout · inventory · floor
ministry
Clergy's work or state department
- bureauOffice or furniture chest
- agencyPower to act
- secretariatAdministrative office of organization
administration · bureaucracy · policy · regulation · oversight · compliance · directorship · governance · secretary · commissioner
faculty
Inherent power or ability
- professorSenior university teacher
- deanSenior academic administrator
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
syllabus · lecture · seminar · thesis · research · coursework · major · minor · discipline · undergraduate
division
Splitting into parts
human resources · marketing · sales · finance · operations · legal · IT · management · supervisor · director
battalion
Mid-sized military unit
platoon · regiment · detachment · squadron · wing · unit · section · formation · contingent · corps
retail
Sales to end users
- aisleCorridor between seating sections
- counterFlat service surface
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
clothing · cosmetics · housewares · electronics · fitting room · display · checkout · inventory · floor · buyer
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- bureaucracybureaucracy, bureaucrat, bureaucrats, red tape, civil service
- collegecampus, courses, application, dorms, dorm room
- organizationsorganization, organizations, company, companies, club
- universitycampus, faculty, college, professors, degrees
- departmentsadministration, HR, finance, IT, accounting
departmentwhole
Full and undivided
enterprise · organization · company · entirety · institution
departmentunity
Wholeness through cohesion
consolidation · integration · unification · merger · connection
- department storeLarge multi-section retail establishment
- police departmentOfficial law enforcement body
- fire departmentBlaze-fighting public service
- sanitation departmentAgency handling public cleanliness
- health departmentGovernment body monitoring community wellness
- sheriff's departmentCounty-level police agency
departments, department store, departmental, departmentally, interdepartmental, department stores, subdepartments, subdepartment, departmentalize