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  home office

  noun

  the main office of a company.
• Home Office
  Home Office

  noun

  government the national department responsible for the maintenance of law and order, immigration control, and all other domestic affairs not specifically assigned to another department

home office

American  

noun

home offices plural

1. the main office of a company.

2. (initial capital letters) the governmental department in Great Britain dealing with domestic matters, as elections, naturalization, and the control of police.

3. a work or office space set up in a person's home and used exclusively for business on a regular basis.

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Home Office British  

noun

1. government the national department responsible for the maintenance of law and order, immigration control, and all other domestic affairs not specifically assigned to another department

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Noun Inflected Forms

• home offices
  plural

Example Sentences

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home office Home Office

She currently works for AT&T 8.5 hours a day, starting at 4:55 a.m. in her home office.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

“I am unapologetic in seeking to run as efficiently and effectively and as small a home office as you possibly can,” said Daunt, the company’s chief executive officer since 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

In 2021, more than a year after I had stopped seeing clients in person in rented offices due to the pandemic, I had the opportunity to furnish and decorate my own home office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026

From her opening shot, Gunvalson is hard at work in her home office, fielding calls — her workaholism would become a signature aspect of her personality throughout her run.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026

He was already coolly getting up from the kitchen table, as if he was the saner of the two of them, gathering the morning paper, and heading to his home office.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English

The Home Office and the Green Party have been contacted for comment about Polanski's comments.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

"The Home Office since the local elections have reviewed that and now I fall under Operation Ford. I welcome the movement on that and that's provided me with some extra safety and some extra steps."

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Widdecombe was a Conservative lawmaker between 1987 and 2010 and served as a Home Office minister and an employment minister under Prime Minister John Major.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

The agency is joining Thai Authorities and the Home Office to combat the surge.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Two years ago her father disappeared into the preparation of mysterious consultation documents for the Home Office.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan