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English word

department

A2Frequent NGSL-1
UK /dɪˈpɑːtmənt/US /dɪˈpɑːrtmənt/
noun

a section of a large organization such as a government, business, university, etc.

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This was the first store to have a department entirely dedicated to personal computers.

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