subdepartment
noun
sub·de·part·ment ˌsəb-di-ˈpärt-mənt 
variants or less commonly sub-department
plural subdepartments also sub-departments
: a department (as of an organization) that is part of a larger department
The Counter Terrorism Bureau [of the New York City Police Department] takes on a more focused role, functioning as the department's think tank on terrorism prevention and overseeing various subdepartments such as the NYPD/FBI Joint Terrorist Task Force.
Brad Reagan
Brad Reagan
Word History
First Known Use
1798, in the meaning defined above
subdepartment
noun
as in department
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- department
- subdivision
- bureau
- agency
- office
- service
- branch
- division
- desk
- arm
- ieyasu
- if
- if (at all) possible
- if (the) worse comes to (the) worst
- if (the) worst comes to (the) worst
- if all else fails
- if anything
- if at all possible
- if he is day
- if he/she is day
- if i may say so
- if I may say so
- if I may/might say so
- if i might say so
- if I say so myself
- if i were
- if I were (someone)
- if i were someone
- if I were you
- if it ain't broke, don't fix it
- if it comes to that
- if it had not been for
- if it isn't
- if it kills one
- if it wasn't