Desk
21desk — The New York Federal Reserve Bank s trading desk ( or securities department) where all transactions of the Federal Reserve System are executed in the money market or the government securities market. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * desk desk …
22desk — n. counter 1) (in a hotel) a front (AE), reception (BE) desk department 2) (at a newspaper) a city; copy desk table for writing 3) to clear one s desk 4) a cluttered desk 5) a rolltop; writing desk USAGE NOTE: In AE copy desk means local news… …
23desk — [[t]de̱sk[/t]] ♦♦ desks 1) N COUNT A desk is a table, often with drawers, which you sit at to write or work. 2) N SING: usu supp N The place in a hotel, hospital, airport, or other building where you check in or obtain information is referred to… …
24desk */*/*/ — UK [desk] / US noun Word forms desk : singular desk plural desks 1) [countable] a table that you sit at to write or work, often with drawers in it an oak desk I m usually at my desk by 9.00 am. 2) [singular] a place that provides information or a …
25desk — [[t]dɛsk[/t]] n. 1) fur an article of furniture having a broad, usu. level, writing surface, as well as drawers or compartments for papers, writing materials, etc 2) a frame for supporting a book from which the service is read in a church 3) the… …
26desk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. escritoire, secretary, lectern, counter; bureau. See receptacle. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A piece of furniture] Syn. secretary, worktable, writing desk, writing table, drafting table, escritoire, bureau …
27desk — /dɛsk / (say desk) noun 1. a table specially adapted for convenience in writing or reading, sometimes made with a sloping top, and generally fitted with drawers and compartments. 2. a. (in an orchestra) a music stand shared by two players. b. the …
28desk — n. 1 a piece of furniture or a portable box with a flat or sloped surface for writing on, and often drawers. 2 a counter in a hotel, bank, etc., which separates the customer from the assistant. 3 a section of a newspaper office etc. dealing with… …
29desk — noun Etymology: Middle English deske, from Medieval Latin desca, modification of Old Italian desco table, from Latin discus dish, disc more at dish Date: 14th century 1. a. a table, frame, or case with a sloping or horizontal surface …
30desk — [14] Desk, disc, dish, and dais – strange bedfellows semantically – form a little gang of words going back ultimately, via Latin discus, to Greek dískos ‘quoit’. Desk seems perhaps the least likely descendant of ‘quoit’, but it came desolate 160… …
