Word | office |
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QType | L |
Instructions | In this sentence, office means: |
Sentence | The CEO maintains an office at Sears headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Ill., although he lives on the East Coast. |
Source | New York Times |
Source URL | http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/09/business/analysts-skeptical-as-majority-owner-takes-role-as-chief-executive-of-sears.html |
Source Title | Analysts Skeptical as Majority Owner Takes Role as Chief Executive of Sears |
Choices | a place of entertainment where high prices are charged for poor entertainment | a place or condition in which no development or progress is occurring | a place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed | a place where something divides into two branches |
Correct Answer | a place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed |
Blurb | If you have an office job, it means that you go to work in an office, or a professional business place, every day. Your office is the place you work, meeting with colleagues, sitting at a desk, and wearing sneakers on Casual Friday. The President of the United States has an office too, but it's a different kind: his or her office is a position of power. All government officials can be described as holding or taking office, which is when they assume the control and responsibilities that come with their important jobs. |
Level | 1 |
Frequency | 0.090909091 |
Page Frequency | once / 11 pages |
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