Synonyms:
department, section
Meaning: a specialized division of a large organization; "you'll find it in the hardware department"; "she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury"
Usage examples
"I must keep to my own department."
He enjoyed being in the Cash Department.
Ann took a dollar bill and went to a department store.
Mike led the way to a quiet corner of the Telegrams Department.
He tottered wearily away in the direction of the Postage Department.
They are fully competent to conduct the business of the department in my absence.
Why should I dislocate the work of your department in my efforts to win a sympathetic word?
Meet me in the waiting-room of Guggenheim's Department Store at two o'clock this afternoon.
In this department, therefore, of human affairs, Individuality has its proper field of action.
Mike would sometimes stroll round to the Postage Department to listen to the conversations between the two.