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MAIN OFFICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does main office mean? 

MAIN OFFICE (noun)
  The noun MAIN OFFICE has 1 sense:

1. (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterpriseplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MAIN OFFICE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

central office; headquarters; home base; home office; main office

Context example:

many companies have their headquarters in New York

Hypernyms ("main office" is a kind of...):

business office; office (place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "main office"):

mukataa (an Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center)


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