office

office
'ofis
noun
1) (the room or building in which the business of a firm is done: The firm's head offices are in New York; (also adjective) office furniture.) kontor
2) (the room in which a particular person works: the bank manager's office.) kontor
3) (a room or building used for a particular purpose: Train tickets are bought at the ticket-office.) kontor, luke
4) (a position of authority, especially in or as a government: Our party has not been in office for years; the office of mayor.) embete; (i makt)posisjon
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kontor
subst. \/ˈɒfɪs\/
1) kontor
2) (spesielt som sisteledd i sammensetninger) -kontor
• she works at the ticket office
hun jobber på billettkontoret
3) (medisin, amer.) konsultasjonsværelse
4) (offentlig) embete, tjeneste, post, -stilling
• the office of president
presidentembetet
5) tjeneste
6) arbeid, oppgave, plikt, funksjon
7) (kirkelig) officium, gudstjeneste, messe
• the minister says office
presten forretter gudstjenesten
8) (slang) tips, vink
• give her the office that ...
tips henne om at ...
9) (slang, britisk) do, dass
at\/in the office på kontoret
by\/in virtue of one's office i kraft av sitt embete, i embets medfør
divine office (kirkelig) officium divinum
do\/perform the office of tjenestegjøre som, fungere som, utøve sin plikt som
enter (upon) office tre i tjeneste, bekle en stilling
good office vennetjeneste
the Government in office den sittende regjering
be in office inneha et embete (om statsråd) sitte i regjeringen (om parti) ha regjeringsmakten
the last offices den siste ære begravelsesritualet
• perform the last offices for
forrette en begravelse for
Office departement direktorat, etat (i sammensetninger) -vesen, -verk
office boy\/girl kontorbud
• he works as an office boy
han jobber som kontorbud
office equipment kontormøbler
• do you need any office equipment
trenger du noen kontormøbler?
the Office for the Dead forbønn for de døde
office hours kontortid, ekspedisjonstid, tjenestetid
• I can't do it during the office hours
jeg kan ikke gjøre det i kontortiden
(medisin, amer.) konsultasjonstid
office landscape eller landscaped office kontorlandskap
(an) office of trust (et) tillitsverv
• she holds an office of trust
hun innehar et offentlig embete \/ hun bekler en offentlig stilling
office party firmafest
• he met them all at the office party
han traff dem alle sammen på firmafesten
offices byrå, ekspedisjon, redaksjon driftsbygning, uthus kjøkken, vaskeri, verksted
be out of office (om statsråd) ikke sitte i regjeringen (om parti) ikke ha regjeringsmakten
resign\/leave office eller retire from office fratre et embete, gå av
run of office se ➢ run, 1
take office eller come\/get into office tiltre et embete overta statrådsembete (om parti eller regjering) komme til makten
term of office se ➢ term, 1
while in office i sin embetstid, i sin funksjonstid (om parti eller regjering) mens man har makten

English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.

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