department

Universal Words noun (abbreviation Dept) a section of a large organization such as a government, business, university, etc: the Department of the Environment * the Treasury Department * a government / university department * the marketing / sales department * the children's department (= in a large store) * the English department seealsoTHESTATEDEPARTMENT IDIOMS be sb's department (spoken) to be sth that sb is responsible for or knows a lot about: Don't ask me about it-that's her department.