Office

:This article is about traditional meanings of the word office. For the computer office applications suite, see Microsoft Office.

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:For the television program, see "The Office."

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An office is a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an organisation with specific duties attached to it (see officer, office-holder, official); the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one's duty. When used as an adjective, the term office may refer to business-related tasks. In legal writing, a company or organization has offices in any place that it has an official presence, even if that presence consists of, for example, a silo rather than an office.

Related Topics:
Room - Work - Organisation - Officer - Office-holder - Official - Adjective - Business - Legal - Silo

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An office is an architectural and design phenomenon and a social phenomenon, whether it is a tiny office such as a bench in the corner of a "Mom and Pop shop" of extremely small size (see SOHO) through entire floors of buildings up to and including massive buildings dedicated entirely to one company. In modern terms an office usually refers to the location where white-collar workers are employed during the day.

Related Topics:
SOHO - White-collar worker

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