BUSINESS DEPARTMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A division of a business firm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("business department" is a kind of...):

department; section (a specialized division of a large organization)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "business department"):

advertising department; advertising division (the division of a business that is responsible for advertising)

editorial department (the department of a publishing business that edits material for publication)

parts department (the division of a business (e.g. a service garage) that sells replacement parts)

building department; plant department (the division of a business responsible for building and maintaining the physical plant)

purchasing department (the division of a business that is responsible for purchases)

sales department; sales division; sales force (the division of a business that is responsible for selling products or services)

service department (the division of a business that provides customer services)