dept
Company section, abbreviated
Dept is an abbreviation for department, used in addresses, organizational charts, and informal writing: Dept of Motor Vehicles, Sales Dept.
The period after dept is optional in modern usage.
Splitting into parts
- unitIndividual part or measure
- branchDivision or woody limb
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- headquartersCentral command location
management · marketing · sales · finance · operations · logistics · payroll · procurement
Clergy's work or state department
- bureauOffice or furniture chest
- agencyPower to act
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
senate · parliament · federal · municipal · policy · regulation · legislation · diplomacy
Retail establishment
- floorIndoor walking surface
- sectionDistinct divided part
- aisleCorridor between seating sections
- menswearMale clothing collectively
cosmetics · housewares · electronics · appliances · furniture · jewelry · checkout · returns
Inherent power or ability
- schoolPlace of instruction
- collegeHigher education institution
- deanSenior academic administrator
- chairSingle-person sitting furniture
professor · program · discipline · major · curriculum · research · graduate · undergraduate
division
Splitting into parts
- unitIndividual part or measure
- branchDivision or woody limb
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
headquarters · management · marketing · sales · finance · operations · logistics · payroll · procurement · accounting
ministry
Clergy's work or state department
administration · senate · parliament · federal · municipal · policy · regulation · legislation · diplomacy · state
store
Retail establishment
menswear · cosmetics · housewares · electronics · appliances · furniture · jewelry · checkout · returns · display
faculty
Inherent power or ability
chair · professor · program · discipline · major · curriculum · research · graduate · undergraduate · tenure
deptorganization
Structured group with purpose
corporation · enterprise · institution · whole · totality
deptindividual
One separate human being
employee · staffer · team member · worker · unit
- 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
deputy, department, deputies, departments, deputation, deputize, departmental, depute, deputed