general office

English

Noun

general office (plural general offices)

1. (politics) An administrative political organ in Communist governments, responsible for communications, scheduling, agenda preparation, etc.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see general,‎ office.
   • 1894, The Electrical World, volume 23, page 512:

     Each district office had exclusive charge of, and was presumably familiar with, the value of its own assets, and was largely independent of the general office.