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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Government Printing Office mean? 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE (noun)
  The noun GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE has 1 sense:

1. an agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for Congress and the departments and establishments of the federal governmentplay

  Familiarity information: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for Congress and the departments and establishments of the federal government

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Government Printing Office; GPO; United States Government Printing Office; US Government Printing Office

Hypernyms ("Government Printing Office" is a kind of...):

agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)

Holonyms ("Government Printing Office" is a part of...):

legislative branch (the branch of the United States government that has the power of legislating)


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