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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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• home offices
  plural

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I was in my home office, researching a story about the golden era of Mexican music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

An IT company set up a home office for McClain to roll up to his desk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

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

“He wanted someone very, very special,” Hool says over Zoom from her Los Angeles home office.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

Besides, the layout is about the only thing she can control, since the clothes and at least the starting prices are all determined by the home office in Arkansas.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

The boy was referred to the Home Office National Referral Mechanism - which ensures support is given to victims of modern slavery - and it was concluded he had been a "victim of exploitation".

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

When asked about asylum seekers, who for the most part are not permitted to work as they await Home Office decisions, McCabe acknowledges there is "an unease, no doubt about it".

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

In recent years, Glasgow has accepted more asylum seekers than anywhere in the UK, as part of a Home Office scheme.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

The firm added it was working with the Home Office and Norfolk Police "to ensure that appropriate safeguarding measures are in place".

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

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

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan