home office

noun

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.

Home Office

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

Example Sentences

Police forces are working with the Community Security Trust, a charity which works to protect Jewish people from terror and antisemitism, to reassure the Jewish community, the home office said.

From BBC

Mike Tapp, a home office minister appointed just last week, told Radio 4's Today Programme the emails made him "shudder".

From BBC

“Our own home office is over two hours’ drive away from the playa,” Allen told Salon.

From Salon

When the rest of us made our leisurely return, we were greeted with messages from our home offices demanding to know about the big deal to end the war in Afghanistan.

From Los Angeles Times

She sometimes works at the antique desk in her home office, sometimes from the couch in a living room filled with her grandchildren’s artwork.

From Salon