department

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

de·part·ment [department departments] BrE [dɪˈpɑːtmənt] NAmE [dɪˈpɑːrtmənt] noun (abbr.Dept)
a section of a large organization such as a government, business, university, etc
•the Department of Trade and Industry
•the Treasury Department
•a government/university, etc. department
•the marketing/sales, etc. department
•the children's department (= in a large store)
•the English department
see also ↑police department, ↑State Department
Idiom: ↑somebody's department

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French departement, from departir, based on Latin dispertire ‘to divide’. The original sense was ‘division or distribution’, later ‘separation’, hence ‘a separate part’ (core sense, mid 18th cent.).

Thesaurus:
department noun C
•I work in the sales department.
division • • branch • • unit • • arm •
an administrative department/division/branch/arm
a research department/division/unit/arm
the finance/marketing department/division/arm
a regional department/division/branch/unit

Example Bank:
•A new member of staff has joined the department.
•Complaints are dealt with in a different department.
•Contact our sales department for more information.
•Staff criticized the way the history department was run.
•The Tokyo police department is clamping down on organized crime.
•the Department for Transport
•the Department of Planning
•to gain promotion within the department
•I work in the sales department.
•Several professors from the history department will also speak at the event.
•The Department of Trade and Industry refused to comment on the allegations.
•The children's department sells a wide range of good quality clothes.