department (n.)

  1. a specialized division of a large organization; youll find it in the hardware department; she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury

    [ Syn: section ]

  2. the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)

  3. a specialized sphere of knowledge; baking is not my department; his work established a new department of literature'

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