Definitions

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  • noun A subsidiary office; a subsidiary building or room where clerical or professional duties are performed.

Etymologies

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sub- +‎ office

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Examples

  • At home, my suboffice is at the library because it's air-conditioned, but I can't get on their WiFi there.

    Earmark “Alternative Offices” When Working Remotely | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • A mockumentary about life in a mid-sized suboffice paper merchants in a bleak British industrial town, where manager David Brent thinks he's the coolest, funniest, and most popular boss ever.

    Archive 2004-10-31 Toby O'B 2004

  • A mockumentary about life in a mid-sized suboffice paper merchants in a bleak British industrial town, where manager David Brent thinks he's the coolest, funniest, and most popular boss ever.

    WEEKLY ROUNDUP Toby O'B 2004

  • This amount is documented on Loss and Adjustment Report #16 and authorized by the suboffice administrator.

    1. Transactions at the Port 1998

  • On the same day, a public health official declares the two stained bags returned to the warehouse to be unfit for human consumption, and the suboffice administrator authorizes the Loss and Adjustment Report.

    1. Transactions at the Port 1998

  • October -- The suboffice administrator authorizes the Loss and Adjustment Report documenting the transit loss of five bags and the excess receipt of ten bags.

    1. Costs of Surveys 1998

  • · 30 October -- The suboffice administrator authorizes Loss and Adjustment Report #100 documenting the internal transit losses of 27 bags and 25 kilos.

    1. Costs of Surveys 1998

  • · 5 November -- Five stained bags are discovered in the stack of the shipment in the warehouse, Loss and Adjustment Report #104 is prepared, the public health official declares them to be unfit and the suboffice administrator authorizes the report.

    1. Transactions at the Port 1998

  • · 29 October -- The suboffice administrator authorizes Loss and Adjustment Report #14, documenting marine losses of 109 bags (100 short, five lost after reconstitution and four unfit).

    1. Transactions at the Port 1998

  • · 31 October -- The suboffice administrator authorizes the Loss and Adjustment Report documenting the transit loss of five bags and the excess receipt of ten bags.

    1. Transactions at the Port 1998

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