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Noun
/ˈbyo͝orō/,
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bureaus, plural; bureaux, plural;
  1. A chest of drawers

  2. A writing desk with drawers and typically an angled top opening downward to form a writing surface

  3. An office or department for transacting particular business
    • - a news bureau
  4. The office in a particular place of an organization based elsewhere
    • - the London bureau of the Washington Post
  5. A government department
    • - the intelligence bureau
  1. (bureau) agency: an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
  2. (bureau) chest of drawers: furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
  3. (Bureau (European Parliament)) The Bureau of the European Parliament is responsible for matters relating to the budget, administration, organisation and staff. ...
  4. (The Bureau) The Bureau were a New Wave soul group formed in late 1980 in Birmingham, England when the original lineup of Dexys Midnight Runners split-up.
  5. (bureau) office; desk, usually with a cover and compartments for storing papers etc. located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath; chest of drawers for clothes
  6. (Bureau) A chest of drawers used in the bedroom. See dresser.
  7. (bureau) A government department, agency, or unit.
  8. (BUREAU) A credit statement on a consumer.
  9. (Bureau) In America, the name refers to a bedroom storage piece commonly known as a "dresser." The French word, however, originally designated the red cloth covering for a writing desk, and, later, was used to refer to the desk itself.
  10. (Bureau) a piece of bedroom furniture for storing clothes and also known as a dresser
  11. (BUREAU) A French term for a fall-front or cylinder-top writing desk.
  12. (Bureau) A body responsible for directing the work of the COP. Its 10 members are delegates elected by each of five regional groups. The Bureau includes the COP President, six Vice Presidents, the Chairs of SBI and SBSTA, and a rapporteur. ...
  13. (Bureau) A booking or sales company that sells the services of multiple speakers. Bureaus are much like travel agencies.
  14. (Bureau) A desk built on top of a chest of drawers. The desk is revealed when a flap or "fall" is lowered. Occasionally a bookcase sits on top of it.
  15. (Bureau) A major sub-division of the Fire Department.  Bureaus are headed by Deputy Chiefs.
  16. (Bureau) A writing desk with a fall front that encloses a fitted interior, with drawers below.
  17. (Bureau) Another name for a teleservice company or outsourcing call center.
  18. (Bureau) Company that maintains a financial payment history on the general public. The credit bureau report will show how many credit cards and loans the consumer has, his/her original or high credit amount, current outstanding balances, if he/she has been late in making monthly payments, and ...
  19. (Bureau) Desk popular in late seventeenth-century England and France distinguished by its sloping fall-front. The flap is hinged at the base and rests on lopers when open, folds up at an angle when closed. Base often contains drawers. In America, used to describe a bedroom chest-of-drawers.
  20. (Bureau) In institutional terms, this is the name given to the management committees of some of the EU institutions.
  21. (Bureau) Maintains an overview of the Programme between IAC meetings and makes tactical decisions in liaison with the Secretariat, reviews the use of the Memory of the World logo, and liaises with national Memory of the World committees and monitors their growth and operation.
  22. (Bureau) The former name for WorldDirect .
  23. (Bureau) The role of the Bureau is to deliver payments via the payment services at VocaLink (commonly referred to as Bacs) on behalf of its customers. A Bureau is accredited by Bacs, undergoing rigorous inspections at regular intervals. ...
  24. (Bureau) a subdivision of an executive department set up to co-ordinate activities. See: Army Signal Bureau
  25. (Bureau) an office for gathering or distributing news. Similar terms are used for specialized bureaus, often to indicate geographic location or scope of coverage: a Tokyo bureau refers to a given news operation’s office in Tokyo. ...