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• BUREAU (a Fr. word from burel or bureau, a coarse cloth used for coverings)

BUREAU (a Fr. word from burel or bureau, a coarse See also:

• CLOTH

cloth used for coverings)  , a See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing-table or See also:

• DESK (from Lat. discus, quoit, in med. sense of " table," cf. " dish " and Ger. Tisch, table, from same source)

desk (q.v.), also in See also:

• AMERICA

America a See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• CHEST (Gr. Kiarl, Lat. cista, O. Eng. cist, test, &c.)

chest of drawers . From the meaning of " desk," the word is applied to an See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office or See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of business, and particularly a See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department; in the See also:

• UNITED

United States the See also:

• TERM

term is used of certain subdivisions of the executive departments, as the See also:

• BUREAU (a Fr. word from burel or bureau, a coarse cloth used for coverings)

bureau of See also:

• STATISTICS

statistics, a See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the See also:

• TREASURY

treasury department . The. term " bureaucracy " is often employed to signify the concentration of administrative See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power in bureaux or departments, and the undue interference by officials not only in the details of government, but in matters outside the See also:

• SCOPE (through Ital. scopo, aim, purpose, intent, from Gr. o'KOaos, mark to shoot at, aim, o ic07reiv, to see, whence the termination in telescope, microscope, &c.)

scope of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state interference .