general office

noun

An administrative political organ in Communist governments, responsible for communications, scheduling, agenda preparation, etc.

Meanings

noungeneral office (plural general offices)

plural general offices

  1. governmentAn administrative political organ in Communist governments, responsible for communications, scheduling, agenda preparation, etc.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see general, office.

    Each district office had exclusive charge of, and was presumably familiar with, the value of its own assets, and was largely independent of the general office.

    1894, The Electrical World, volume 23, page 512
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