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| back office n | (administrative department) (Arbeitsw) | Backoffice Nn |
| | All the staff from the back office are going to the pub – do you want to come? |
| booking office n | (ticket office) | Theaterkasse Nf |
| | | Vorverkaufsstelle Nf |
| | | Buchungsstelle Nf |
| box office n | (theatre, cinema: ticket booth) | Abendkasse Nf |
| | | Kartenvorverkauf Nm |
| | The box office was closed so tomorrow I'll get the tickets for you. |
| | New: Tickets an der Abendkasse kosten mehr als im Vorverkauf. |
| | Der Kartenvorverkauf war geschlossen, also werde ich morgen die Tickets für dich kaufen. |
| box office n | figurative (theatre, cinema: attendance) (übertragen) | Kinokasse Nf |
| | The film was a massive success at the box office. |
| | Der Film brachte viel Geld in die Kinokasse. |
box office,
box-office n as adj | figurative (relating to ticket sales) | Kassen- Präf |
| | | -kasse Suffix |
| | The movie was the biggest box-office success of the year. |
| | Der Film war der größte Kassenschlager des Jahres. |
| branch office n | (local office) | Filiale Nf |
| | | Zweigstelle Nf |
| | The company has branch offices in 12 countries. |
| Customs Office n | (government department) | Zollamt Nn |
| | | Amt für Zollwesen Rdw |
dentist's office (US),
dentist's surgery (UK) n | (dentist's treatment room) (ugs, vage) | Zahnarzt Nm |
| | | Zahnarztpraxis Nf |
doctor's office (US),
doctor's surgery (UK) n | (where you see a doctor) (ugs, vage) | Arzt Nm |
| | | Arztpraxis, Praxis Nf |
| | I went to the doctor's office to get a prostate exam. |
| FO n | UK, initialism (Foreign Office) | Außenministerium Nn |
| Foreign Office n | UK, abbreviation (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) | Außenministerium Nn |
| | The Foreign Office looks out for our country's interests in foreign countries. |
| | Das Außenministerium vertritt die Interessen unseres Landes im Ausland. |
| front office n | (decision-making officers) (Beruf) | Manager Nm |
| | (Abteilung, Anglizismus) | Front Office Nn |
| | I have to check with the front office before I give anyone a promotion. |
| GAO n | initialism (Government Accountability Office) | Rechnungshof Nm |
| | (Abk, Anglizismus) | GAO Nn |
| | (Anglizismus) | Government Accountability Office Nn |
| general post office n | US (main post office branch) | Hauptpostamt Nn |
| | The general post office is located in the neighborhood of Chelsea. |
| Government Accountability Office n | US (agency: audits Congress) (Anglizismus) | Government Accountability Office Nn |
| | (Anglizismus, Abk) | GAO Nn |
| | | Rechnungshof Nm |
| head office n | (headquarters) | Hauptsitz Nm |
| | | Hauptniederlassung Nf |
| | | Hauptgeschäft Nn |
| | | Hauptverwaltung Nf |
| | The head office of our company is now overseas because we got bought out. |
| | Der Hauptsitz unserer Firma befindet sich jetzt im Ausland, da das Unternehmen aufgekauft wurde. |
| HMSO n | initialism (Her Majesty's Stationery Office) (UK) | HMSO Rdw |
| | (allgemein) | britischer Staatsverlag Adj + Nm |
| hold office v expr | (have specific important job) | innehaben Vt, sepa |
| | | wahrnehmen Vt, sepa |
| | | führen Vt |
| home office n | (working area in one's house) | Heimbüro Nn |
| | | Heimarbeitsplatz Nm |
| | She shut the door to her home office to drown out the kids' noise. |
| in office adv | (in power) | im Amt Kontr + Nn |
| | (Diktatur) | an der Macht Rdw |
| | Ronald Reagan was still in office when I moved to the States. |
| law office n | (lawyer or lawyers' premises) | Kanzlei, Anwaltskanzlei Nf |
| main office n | (headquarters) (ugs) | Zentrale Nf |
| | | Hauptgeschäftsstelle Nf |
| | The main office is in London, but there are branches in Bristol and Leeds. |
| medical office n | US (health clinic) | Arztpraxis Nf |
| office block n | (multi-storey office building) | Bürogebäude Nn |
| | | Bürokomplex Nm |
| | My company is on the 4th floor of an office block. |
| | Mein Unternehmen befindet sich in der 4. Etage eines Bürogebäudes. |
| office building n | (building containing offices) | Bürogebäude, Verwaltungsgebäude Nn |
| | My doctor is on the 5th floor of that office building. |
| | Mein Arzt ist in der 5. Etage des Bürogebäudes. |
| office duties npl | (responsibility for clerical tasks) | Büroarbeiten Npl |
| | | Aufgaben im Büro Rdw |
| office hours npl | (hours when a business is open) (Geschäft) | Öffnungszeiten Npl |
| | (Arzt) | Sprechzeiten Npl |
| | In the U.S., typical office hours are 8 to 5, while typical banking hours are 9 to 3. |
| | The professor's office hours were mornings only. |
| office job n | (work: clerical, administrative) | Bürojob Nm |
| | | Schreibtischjob Nm |
| office manager n | (employee in charge of office personnel) (ugs) | Büroleiter Nm |
| | | Geschäftsstellenleiter Nm |
| | The office manager made it clear she was not a secretary, not even an executive secretary. |
| office politics n | (power play in the workplace) | Büroklüngelei Nf |
| | You have to learn how to deal with office politics in most workplaces. |
| office supplies npl | (stationery and furniture) (Möbel) | Büroausstattung Nf |
| | | Bürobedarf Nm |
| | | Büromaterial Nn |
| office worker n | (employee in an office) | Büroangestellter, Büromitarbeiter Nm |
| | | Büroangestellte, Büromitarbeiterin Nf |
| | Office workers in the city were particularly affected by the power cuts. |
| | Büroangestellte in der Innenstadt, waren besonders stark von der gekappten Energie betroffen. |
PO,
P.O. n | written, initialism (Post Office) | Post Nf |
PO Box,
P.O. Box n | abbreviation (Post Office Box) | Postfach Nn |
| | I would prefer if you sent it to my PO Box instead of my house. |
| post office n | (place where mail is sorted) (ugs) | Post Nf |
| | | Poststelle Nf |
| | | Postamt Nn |
| | I'm going to the post office to send this parcel to my brother. |
| | Ich gehe zur Post, um dieses Paket an meinen Bruder zu schicken. |
| the Post Office n | UK (organization that delivers mail) (ugs) | die Post Best Art, f + Nf |
| | | die Deutsche Post Rdw |
| | The government is planning to privatize the post office. |
| | Die Regierung plant die Post zu privatisieren. |
Post Office Box,
post office box n | (number used as mailing address) | Postfach Nn |
| | FedEx will not deliver packages to post office box addresses. |
| public office n | (position in government) | öffentliches Amt Adj + Nn |
| | | politisches Amt Adj + Nn |
| | Many good people are reluctant to run for public office because of media scrutiny. |
| registered office n | (official business address) | Firmensitz Nm |
| | | eingetragener Sitz eines Unternehmens Rdw |
| | | offizieller Geschäftssitz Adj + Nm |
run for office (US),
stand for election (UK) v expr | (try to get elected to a public position) | sich zur Wahl stellen Rdw |
| | | sich um ein Amt bemühen Rdw |
| | | sich um ein Amt bewerben Rdw |
| take office v expr | (come to power) | ein Amt antreten VP |
| | | ein Amt übernehmen VP |
| | (Diktatur) | an die Macht kommen Rdw |
| | He took office during the financial crisis. |
| term of office n | (period in power) | Amtszeit Nf |
| | | Amtsdauer Nf |
| | The mayor's term of office is coming to an end. |
ticket office,
also UK: booking office n | (booth or kiosk selling tickets) | Ticketschalter Nm |
| | | Kasse Nf |
| | | Verkaufsstelle Nf |
| | There was a long queue at the ticket office, so Karen used the ticket machine instead. |
| tourist office n | (information centre for sightseers) (Anglizismus) | Tourist-Information Nf |
| | (informell) | Touristeninfo Nf |
| | | Touristeninformationscenter Nn |