Department

The word department has a number of meanings: It can mean an administrative sector of the government. It designates administrative areas of centralized countries, \n*See département, for France\n*See département, for Côte d'Ivoire\n*See departamentos, for Bolivia. In some countries (e.g. United States, Switzerland), department is a term used instead of ministry to define a specific sector of the federal government. \n*See Department (US government)\n*See Department (Swiss government)

• Department (US Army), is a term used, by the US Army, mostly prior to World War I.\n*A Department (naval) is a section devoted to one of several major tasks.
• Department store\n*Fire department\n*Police department

In business, see departmentalization \n\n\n