Department
The word department has a number of meanings:
It can mean an administrative sector of the government. It designates administrative areas of centralized countries,
In some countries (e.g. United States, Switzerland), department is a term used instead of ministry to define a specific sector of the federal government.
In business, see departmentalization
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