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BUSINESS DEPARTMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A division of a business firm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("business department" is a kind of...):
department; section (a specialized division of a large organization)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "business department"):
advertising department; advertising division (the division of a business that is responsible for advertising)
editorial department (the department of a publishing business that edits material for publication)
parts department (the division of a business (e.g. a service garage) that sells replacement parts)
building department; plant department (the division of a business responsible for building and maintaining the physical plant)
purchasing department (the division of a business that is responsible for purchases)
sales department; sales division; sales force (the division of a business that is responsible for selling products or services)
service department (the division of a business that provides customer services)
