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bu·reau
(byo͝or′ō)n. pl. bu·reaus or bu·reaux (-ōz)
1. A chest of drawers, especially a dresser for holding clothes.
2. Chiefly British A writing desk or writing table with drawers.
3.
a. A government department or a subdivision of a department.
b. An office, usually of a large organization, that is responsible for a specific duty: a news bureau.
c. A business that offers information of a specified kind: a travel bureau.
[French, cloth cover for desks, desk, office, from Old French burel, woolen cloth, probably from Vulgar Latin *būra, from Late Latin burra, shaggy garment.]
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bureau
(ˈbjʊərəʊ)n, pl -reaus or -reaux (-rəʊz)
1. (Furniture) chiefly Brit a writing desk with pigeonholes, drawers, etc, against which the writing surface can be closed when not in use
2. (Furniture) US a chest of drawers
3. an office or agency, esp one providing services for the public
4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy)
a. a government department
b. a branch of a government department
[C17: from French: desk, office, originally: type of cloth used for covering desks and tables, from Old French burel, from Late Latin burra shaggy cloth]
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bu•reau
(ˈbyʊər oʊ)n., pl. bu•reaus, bu•reaux (ˈbyʊər oʊz)
1. a chest of drawers, often with a mirror at the top.
2. a division of a government department or an independent administrative unit.
3. an office that collects and distributes information or performs specified services; agency.
4. Chiefly Brit. a writing desk with drawers for papers.
[1710–20; < French: desk, office, orig. a kind of cloth]
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Noun 1. [画像:bureau - an administrative unit of government]bureau - an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
administrative body, administrative unit - a unit with administrative responsibilities
executive agency - an agency of the executive branch of government
FDA, Food and Drug Administration - a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products
CDC, Center for Disease Control and Prevention - a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services; located in Atlanta; investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases)
Counterterrorist Center, CTC - an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage
Nonproliferation Center, NPC - an agency that serves as the focal point for all Intelligence Community activities related to nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their missile delivery systems
Bureau of the Census, Census Bureau - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA - an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather
National Climatic Data Center, NCDC - the part of NOAA that maintains the world's largest active archive of weather data
National Weather Service - the federal agency in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is responsible for weather forecast and preparation of weather maps
Technology Administration - an agency in the Department of Commerce that works with United States industries to promote competitiveness and maximize the impact of technology on economic growth
National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST - an agency in the Technology Administration that makes measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or government programs
National Technical Information Service, NTIS - an agency in the Technology Administration that is a primary resource for government-funded scientific and technical and engineering and business related information
DARPA, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense; responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since 9/11
Department of Defense Laboratory System, LABLINK - a defense laboratory that provides essential services in fundamental science for national security and environmental protection and provides technologies that contribute to industrial competitiveness
Department of Energy Intelligence, DOEI - an agency that collects political and economic and technical information about energy matters and makes the Department of Energy's technical and analytical expertise available to other members of the Intelligence Community
PHS, United States Public Health Service - an agency that serves as the office of Surgeon General; includes agencies whose mission is to improve the public health
National Institutes of Health, NIH - an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government
BJA, Bureau of Justice Assistance - the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse
BJS, Bureau of Justice Statistics - the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers
Immigration and Naturalization Service, INS - an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States
United States Border Patrol, US Border Patrol - the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States
Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DS - the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas
Foreign Service - the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR - an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community
FWS, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service - an agency in the Department of the Interior that conserves and protects fish and wildlife and their habitats; assesses the environmental impact of pesticides and nuclear power site and hydroelectric dams and thermal pollution
2. [画像:bureau - furniture with drawers for keeping clothes]bureau - furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
chiffonier, commode - a tall elegant chest of drawers
drawer - a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out
article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture - furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy; "they had too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the room"
lowboy - a low chest or table with drawers and supported on four legs
shelf - a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects
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bureau
noun
1. agency, company, business, service, concern, firm, operation, organization the foreign employment bureau
2. office, department, section, branch, station, unit, division, subdivision the paper's Washington bureau
3. desk, writing desk, writing table, secretaire, davenport A simple writing bureau sat in front of the window.
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Translations
دُرجمَكْتَب مِنْضَدَةُ كِتابَه
kancelářprádelníkpsací stůl
bureaukommodeskrivebord
fiókos szekrény
kommóîaskrifborîskriftofa
biuraskomodarašomasis stalas
birojskumoderakstāmgalds
acentaaynalı şifonyerbüro yazı masası
bureau
[ˈbjʊərəʊ]A. N (bureaus or bureaux (pl)) [ˈbjʊərəʊz]
1. (= organization)
2. (= piece of furniture)
2.1. (Brit) (= desk) → buró m, escritorio m
2.2. (US) (= chest of drawers) → cómoda f
B. CPD bureau de change [ˌbjʊərəʊdəˈʃɒndʒ] N → caja f de cambio
Bureau of Indian affairs N (US) → Departamento m de Asuntos Indios
bureau of standards N (US) → oficina f de pesos y medidas
Bureau of Indian affairs N (US) → Departamento m de Asuntos Indios
bureau of standards N (US) → oficina f de pesos y medidas
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
La agencia del gobierno estadounidense denominada Bureau of Indian Affairs (Departamento de Asuntos Indios) se encarga de todos los asuntos relacionados con los indios nativos norteamericanos. Este organismo, fundado en 1824 como parte del Ministerio de Guerra, llevaba en un principio la gestión de las reservas indias. Hoy en día trabaja conjuntamente con los indios para tratar de mejorar su situación, elaborando programas de salud y bienestar social y dando facilidades para la educación y el empleo. Desde la década de los sesenta viene proporcionando también asistencia técnica y formación para que puedan gestionar sus tierras y recursos.
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bureau
[ˈbjʊərəʊ] [bureaux] (pl) n (British) (= writing desk) → bureau m, secrétaire m
(US) (= chest of drawers) → commode f
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bureau
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bureau
[ˈbjʊərəʊ] na. (office) → ufficio, agenzia ; (government department) → dipartimento, sezione f
b. (Brit) (desk) → secrétaire m inv, scrittoio (Am) (chest of drawers) → cassettone m
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bureau
(ˈbjuərəu) – plurals ˈbureaux (-z) ˈbureaus – noun1. a writing-desk with drawers. skryftafel مِنْضَدَةُ كِتابَه писалищна маса escrivaninha psací stůl das Schreibpult skrivebord γραφείο escritorio kirjutuslaud میزتحریر کشو دار kirjoituslipasto bureau שֻלְחָן כְּתְיבָה , שוּלְחָן כְּתִיבָה लिखने की मेज, दफ्तर, विभाग pisaći stol íróasztal meja tulis skrifborð scrivania 引き出し付の机 서랍 달린 책상 rašomasis stalas rakstāmgalds meja tulis berlaci bureau skrivebord, skatoll biurko, sekretarzyk د تحریر میز چی روک ولری escrivaninha birou бюро písací stôl pisalna miza pisaći sto sekretär, skrivbord โต๊ะเขียนหนังสือที่มีลิ้นชัก yazı masası 有抽屜的辦公桌 бюро, конторка درازوں والا لکھنے کی میز bàn giấy 有抽屉的办公桌
2. (American) a chest of drawers. laaikas دُرج скрин cômoda prádelník die Kommode kommode συρταριέρα cómoda kummut گنجۀ کشو دار lipasto commode שידה दराज komoda fiókos szekrény lemari laci kommóða cassettone たんす (미) 침실용 장롱 komoda kumode almari berlaci ladenkast kommode komoda روک لرونکی الماری cómoda scrin, comodă комод bielizník predalnik komoda byrå ชั้นที่มีลิ้นชัก aynalı şifonyer 衣櫃 комод درازوں والی الماری tủ có ngăn kéo 衣柜
3. an office for collecting and supplying information etc. a travel bureau. buro مَكْتَب дирекция agência kancelář das Büro bureau γραφείο agencia büroo اداره؛ دفتر toimisto bureau משרד सूचना इत्यादि जमा करने और देने का कार्यालय ured iroda biro, kantor (ferða)skriftofa agenzia 事務所 사무국, 안내소 biuras birojs biro bureau byrå biuro اداره، دفتر agência birou, oficiu бюро kancelária urad biro ämbetsverk, byrå สํานักงาน büro, acenta 提供或收集訊息的機構 контора, бюро سرکاری محکمہ cục; nha; vụ (提供某方面信息的机构)办事处,办公室,社,所,局
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- I need to find a place to exchange money (US)
I need to find a bureau de change (UK) → يَجِبُ أَنْ أَجِدَ مَكْتَبَ الصِرَافَةِ → Potřebuji najít směnárnu → Jeg leder efter et vekselkontor → Ich suche eine Wechselstube → Πρέπει να βρω το ανταλλακτήριο συναλλάγματος → Necesito encontrar una oficina de cambio → Minun täytyy löytää rahanvaihtopiste → Je cherche un bureau de change → Trebam mjenjačnicu → Mi può dire dov'è l'ufficio di cambio più vicino? → 私は外貨両替所を見つけなければなりません → 환전소를 찾아야 해요 → Ik ben op zoek naar een wisselkantoor → Jeg leter etter et vekslingskontor → Muszę znaleźć kantor wymiany walut → Eu preciso achar uma casa de câmbio → Мне нужен пункт обмена валюты → Jag måste hitta ett växlingskontor → ฉันต้องหาที่แลกเงิน → Döviz bürosu arıyorum → Tôi cần tìm quầy đổi tiền → 您能告诉我哪里有外汇兑换处吗? - Is there a foreign exchange counter here? (US)
Is there a bureau de change here? (UK) → هَلْ يوجَدُ مَكْتَبُ تَغْييرُ عُمْلَاتٍ هُنَا؟ → Je tu někde směnárna? → Er der et vekselkontor her? → Gibt es hier eine Wechselstube? → Υπάρχει ανταλλακτήριο συναλλάγματος εδώ γύρω; → ¿Hay una oficina de cambio aquí? → Onko täällä rahanvaihtopistettä? → Il y a un bureau de change ici ? → Ima li ovdje mjenjačnica? → C'è un ufficio di cambio qui? → ここに外貨両替所はありますか? → 여기에 환전소가 있나요? → Is er hier een wisselkantoor? → Er det et vekslingskontor her? → Czy jest tu kantor wymiany walut? → Tem alguma casa de câmbio aqui? → Здесь есть пункт обмена валюты? → Finns det ett växlingskontor här? → ที่นี่มีสํานักงานแลกเงินไหม? → Burada döviz bürosu var mı? → Ở đây có quầy đổi tiền không? → 这儿有外汇兑换处吗? - When is the foreign exchange counter open? (US)
When is the bureau de change open? (UK) → متى يَفْتَحُ مَكْتَبُ تَغْييرُ الْعُمْلَاتِ ؟ → Kdy mají otevřeno ve směnárně? → Hvad er vekselkontorets åbningstider? → Wann ist die Wechselstube geöffnet? → Πότε είναι ανοικτό το ανταλλακτήριο συναλλάγματος; → ¿A qué hora abre la oficina de cambio? → Milloin rahanvaihtopiste on avoinna? → À quelle heure ouvre le bureau de change ? → Kada je mjenjačnica otvorena? → Quando apre l'ufficio di cambio? → その外貨両替所はいつ開きますか? → 환전소는 언제 여나요? → Wanneer is het wisselkantoor open? → Når åpner vekslingskontoret? → Od której kantor wymiany walut jest czynny? → Quando a casa de câmbio está aberta? → Когда работает пункт обмена валюты? → När är växlingskontoret öppet? → สํานักงานแลกเงินจะเปิดเมื่อไร? → Döviz bürosu ne zaman açılıyor? → Khi nào thì quầy đổi tiền mở cửa? → 外汇兑换处几点开门?
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