Bureau - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈbjʊrəʊ|  American pronunciation of the word bureau
Brit.  |ˈbjʊərəʊ|  British pronunciation of the word bureau

noun

- an administrative unit of government (syn: agency, authority, office)
- furniture with drawers for keeping clothes (syn: chest, dresser)

Extra examples

The book is on top of my bureau.

Bureau of Internal Revenue

Bureau of International Expositions

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Bureau of Land Management

Bureau of Standards

Bureau of the Mint

Federal Bureau of Investigation

...a correspondent in the Middle East bureau just filed a new report on the coup...

...the local tourist bureau is less concerned with the verity of the legend than the fact that it attracts visitors to the area...

The Bureau is active in promoting overseas investment.

The younger policeman was leaning against the bureau with his arms folded.

The data is then sent on to the Census Bureau.

Jan's been assigned to the Asian Affairs Bureau.

Last year, the environment bureau was upgraded to a ministry.

Word forms

noun
singular: bureau
plural: bureaux or bureaus
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