hoffice

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noun

A home office.

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Meanings

nounhoffice (plural hoffices)

plural hoffices

  1. A home office.

    In designing her hoffices, Vassa makes sure there is adequate lighting, always on dimmers.

    1991 October 6, Elaine Markoutsas, “Updated Furnishings Helping To Bring The Office Home”, in The Seattle Times
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    The spread of hoffices is really representative of a deeper change which the work-at-home movement is producing.

    1991, Jeffrey P. Davidson, Marketing to Home-Based Businesses, Business One Irwin, →ISBN, page 274

    Related to this is the response by business to the reality of worker commutes to far-flung suburbs and the rise of telecommuting and "hoffices," home offices.

    1997, F. Byron Nahser, Learning to Read the Signs: Reclaiming Pragmatism in Business, Butterworth-Heinemann, →ISBN, page 164

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
home office

Origin

Blend of home + office.

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APA

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MLA

“hoffice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoffice. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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