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extrabureau

extrabureau adjective: outside of a bureau or office.

Adjective

extrabureau (not comparable)

  1. Outside of a bureau or office.
    • In order to do this we have an extrabureau activity in which you might be interested. We have formed the Holmes Safety Association, the whole purpose of which is to promote safety in mining districts.1917, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Mines and Mining, To Control and Regulate the Manufacture and Use of Explosives in Time of War, page 89
    • The importance of multibureau, interdisciplinary work has been demonstrated graphically at the Institution, and in order to foster this cooperation, there is a need to have funds controlled by an extrabureau source.1976, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies, Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1977...

Origin of extrabureau

From extra- + bureau.

Questions about extrabureau

What does extrabureau mean?
Extrabureau means outside of a bureau or office.
What part of speech is extrabureau?
Extrabureau is an adjective.

Words near extrabureau in the dictionary

  1. extrabranchials
  2. extrabronchial
  3. extrabuccal
  4. extrabudgetary
  5. extrabulbar
  6. extrabureau
  7. extrabureaucratic
  8. extraburghal
  9. extrabursal
  10. extracalendar
  11. extracalendrical

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