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| Inglês | Português |
| administrative office n | (bureau, clerical department) | escritório administrativo loc sm |
| All disputes in billing are handled by the administrative office. |
| back office n | (administrative department) | administração loc sf |
| All the staff from the back office are going to the pub – do you want to come? |
| O pessoal da administração vai a um pub hoje, você quer ir? |
| booking office n | (ticket office) | bilheteria sf |
| box office n | (theatre, cinema: ticket booth) | bilheteria sf |
| The box office was closed so tomorrow I'll get the tickets for you. |
| A bilheteria estava fechada, então amanhã eu compro os ingressos para você. |
| box office n | figurative (theatre, cinema: attendance) (figurado) | bilheteria sf |
| The film was a massive success at the box office. |
| O filme foi um super sucesso de bilheteria. |
box office,
box-office n as adj | figurative (relating to ticket sales) (figurado) | de bilheteria loc adj |
| The movie was the biggest box-office success of the year. |
| branch office n | (local office) | filial sf |
| The company has branch offices in 12 countries. |
| central office n | (headquarters, main office) | sede sf |
| The insurance agent said that she had to get approval from the central office before she could change the policy. |
| central office n | US (for telephone call switching) | central telefônica loc sf |
| Computers have replaced the human operators in the telephone central offices. |
| Customs Office n | (government department) | escritório da alfândega loc sm |
| dental surgery n | UK (dentist's treatment room) | consultório dentário loc sm |
| I had to go to the dental surgery to have my wisdom teeth removed. |
dentist's office (US),
dentist's surgery (UK) n | (dentist's treatment room) | clínica odontológica sf + adj |
doctor's office (US),
doctor's surgery (UK) n | (where you see a doctor) | consultório médico loc sm |
| I went to the doctor's office to get a prostate exam. |
| field office n | (branch or local agency) | sucursal sf |
| filial sf |
| Sometimes the policies dictated by the company's headquarters make no sense to the field offices. |
| FO n | UK, initialism (Foreign Office) (Reino Unido) | Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros sm + loc adj |
| Foreign Office n | UK, abbreviation (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Reino Unido) | Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros sm |
| The Foreign Office looks out for our country's interests in foreign countries. |
| front office n | (decision-making officers) | diretoria sf |
| (administração) | linha de frente sf |
| I have to check with the front office before I give anyone a promotion. |
| GAO n | initialism (Government Accountability Office) (órgão do poder legislativo americano) | Government Accountability Office estrang |
| general post office n | US (main post office branch) (agência principal do correio) | correio central loc sm |
| The general post office is located in the neighborhood of Chelsea. |
| Government Accountability Office n | US (agency: audits Congress) (órgão do governo americano) | Government Accountability Office estrang |
| Hays Office n | US, historical (US film censorship board) (EUA, equipe de censura de filme) | comissão de censura loc sf |
| Censura sf |
| head office n | (headquarters) | escritório principal sm + adj |
| sede sf |
| The head office of our company is now overseas because we got bought out. |
| O escritório principal da nossa empresa agora está no exterior porque fomos comprados. |
| HMSO n | initialism (Her Majesty's Stationery Office) | gabinete de informação de sua majestade sm |
| hold office v expr | (have specific important job) | exercer o cargo expres v |
| home office n | (working area in one's house) (anglicismo) | home-office sm |
| escritório em casa sm |
| She shut the door to her home office to drown out the kids' noise. |
| in office adv | (in power) | no poder loc adv |
| Ronald Reagan was still in office when I moved to the States. |
| law office n | (lawyer or lawyers' premises) | escritório de advocacia loc sm |
| main office n | (headquarters) | sede, matriz sf |
| The main office is in London, but there are branches in Bristol and Leeds. |
| oath of office n | (professional pledge) | juramento de posse loc sm |
| The president took the oath of office on Inauguration Day. |
| office block n | (multi-storey office building) (prédio de escritórios) | prédio comercial loc sm |
| My company is on the 4th floor of an office block. |
| office building n | (building containing offices) (prédio de escritórios) | prédio comercial loc sm |
| My doctor is on the 5th floor of that office building. |
| office duties npl | (responsibility for clerical tasks) | tarefas de escritório sf pl |
| office furniture n | (desks, chairs, etc.: in an office) | mobiliário comercial loc sm |
| móveis comerciais loc sm pl |
| He ensured that his new office furniture would be hard-wearing. |
| office hours npl | (hours when a business is open) | horas de expediente loc sf pl |
| horário comercial loc sm |
| In the U.S., typical office hours are 8 to 5, while typical banking hours are 9 to 3. |
| The professor's office hours were mornings only. |
| office manager n | (employee in charge of office personnel) | gerente de escritório loc smf |
| The office manager made it clear she was not a secretary, not even an executive secretary. |
| office politics n | (power play in the workplace) | política de escritório sf |
| (pejorativo) | intrigas de escritório sf |
| You have to learn how to deal with office politics in most workplaces. |
| office supplies npl | (stationery and furniture) | material de escritório sm + adj |
| office worker n | (employee in an office) | funcionário de escritório loc sm |
| Office workers in the city were particularly affected by the power cuts. |
| Oval Office n | literal (office of president of US) (gabinete do presidente dos EUA) | Salão Oval da Casa Branca sm |
| Oval Office n | figurative (executive power of US president) (poder executivo do presidente dos EUA) | Salão Oval sm |
PO,
P.O. n | written, initialism (Post Office) (abrev. de) | Correios sm pl |
PO Box,
P.O. Box n | abbreviation (Post Office Box) | caixa postal loc sf |
| I would prefer if you sent it to my PO Box instead of my house. |
| Preferia que você o mandasse para minha caixa postal ao invés da minha casa. |
| political office n | (government position) (posição governamental) | cargo político loc sm |
| After the library director retired she ran for political office. |
| post office n | (place where mail is sorted) | correio sm |
| I'm going to the post office to send this parcel to my brother. |
| Vou ao correio mandar este pacote para o meu irmão. |
| the Post Office n | UK (organization that delivers mail) | correios sm pl |
| The government is planning to privatize the post office. |
| O governo está planejando privatizar os correios. |
Post Office Box,
post office box n | (number used as mailing address) | caixa postal sf |
| FedEx will not deliver packages to post office box addresses. |
| public office n | (position in government) (posição no governo) | cargo público loc sm |
| Many good people are reluctant to run for public office because of media scrutiny. |
| registered office n | (official business address) (endereço comercial oficial) | sede administrativa loc sf |
| endereço oficial loc sm |
run for office (US),
stand for election (UK) v expr | (try to get elected to a public position) | candidatar-se vp |
| seal of office n | (official stamp) | selo oficial loc sm |
| The notary stamped his seal of office on the document. |
| take office v expr | (come to power) (chegar ao poder) | assumir o cargo loc v |
| He took office during the financial crisis. |
| tenure in office n | (term in power) (período no poder) | permanência no cargo loc sf |
| term of office n | (period in power) (período no poder) | mandato sm |
| permanência no cargo/poder loc sf |
| The mayor's term of office is coming to an end. |
ticket office,
also UK: booking office n | (booth or kiosk selling tickets) (estande ou quiosque que vende tíquetes) | bilheteria sf |
| There was a long queue at the ticket office, so Karen used the ticket machine instead. |
| tourist office n | (information centre for sightseers) (centro de informações aos turistas) | Centro de Informações Turísticas loc sm |
