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Definition of Home Office
1. Noun. The government department in charge of domestic affairs.
2. Noun. (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise. "Many companies have their headquarters in New York"
Specialized synonyms: Mukataa
Generic synonyms: Business Office, Office
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Definition of Home Office
1. Proper noun. (British) The British government department responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales; headed by the Home Secretary ¹
2. Noun. A room, in a person's home, equipped as an office so that the person may work from home ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Home Office
Literary usage of Home Office
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life Insurance: A Textbook by Solomon Stephen Huebner (1915)
"Relation Between the Home Office and the Field Force. — For the reason just
mentioned the agency department is often characterized as the most important ..."
2. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1907)
"These are the Home Office and the Local Government Board. ... The Home Office.
The Home When, in 1782, the old division of duties among the 3' 1-t* ..."
3. Dictionary of national biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1893)
"He continued to serve in parliament until his death (Home Office Papers, 1760-5, p.
43). On the accession of George I in 1714 he received the appointment of ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"When he sent the written request accompanied by the policy to the home office at
Newark, NJ, the beneficiary under that policy was ipso facto changed then, ..."
5. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1918)
"Under the 1903 agreement the policy was delivered to the company and it had
remained In the company's possession at the home office. ..."
6. The Cinema; Its Present Position and Future Possibilities by National Council of Public Morals, Cinema Commission of Inquiry (1917)
"... he and others were under the distinct impression, from the interviews that
they had had with Home Office officials, that the censorship was intended to ..."
7. Successful Independent Consulting: Turn Your Career Experience Into a by Douglas Florzak (1999)
"Your home office offers the possibility to avoid the daily commute, get more work
... Your home office may be the place where you do your most creative and ..."
8. Guide to the Materials in London Archives for the History of the United by Charles Oscar Paullin, Frederic Logan Paxson (1914)
"PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, CHANCERY LANE, WC For the Home Office Records, ...
The records of the Home Office are open to public inspection to the end of the year ..."
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