department

noun9

1. •
   A subdivision of an organization.
2. •
   One of the principal divisions of executive government
3. •
   One of the divisions of instructions
4. •
   A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.

   • Technical things are not his department; he's a people person.
5. •
   A specified aspect or quality.

   • The 2012 Boston Marathon was outstanding in the temperature department; runners endured temperatures of no less than 88 degrees Fahrenheit.
6. •
   one of the separate parts that make up something bigger
7. •
   A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.

   • The departments were the bricks from which the edifice of the nation was to be constructed. — 2002
8. •
   (historical) A military subdivision of a country
9. •
   (no longer used) Act of departing; departure.