See Also: DEPARTMENT(law)
Department(medicine)
department(dictionary)
department(dictionary)
Department of Education, the(dictionary)
Department of Defense, the(dictionary)
department store(encyclopedia)
Emergency department(health)
Research department(finance)
State Department(dictionary)

department (iou)



department noun. . LME.
[Old & mod. French departement, formed as DEPART verb: see -MENT.]
Division, partition, distribution. rare. LME-L17.
Departure; separation; leave-taking, withdrawal; decease. L15-L17.
A separate part of a complex whole or organized system, a branch, esp. of municipal or State administration, of a university, school, or college, or of a shop; loosely, an area of (specialist) activity. M18.
C. Isherwood To find my way through departments of underwear, outfitting,..sport and cutlery. H. Belloc Lombroso's own department of charlatanry was to attack Christian morals.
An administrative district in France and some other countries. L18.
Comb.: department store a large shop supplying many kinds of goods from various departments.