departments

s. departamento, apartamento; agencia, ente, gestoría, sección; provincia

departamento | ministerio

(n.) = departamento, negociado.
Ex: In some organisations microcomputers will be maintained (that is, mended) by a central computer department, but if this is not the case it may be necessary to take out separate maintenance contracts.
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* academic department = departamento universitario.
* accounting department = departamento de contabilidad.
* acquisitions department = sección de adquisiciones, sección de compras, departamento de adquisiciones.
* adult department = sección de adultos.
* binding department = departamento de encuadernación.
* building department, the = departamento de urbanismo, el.
* catalogue department = departamento de catalogación.
* cataloguing department = centro de catalogación, departamento de catalogación, sección de catalogación.
* children's department = sección infantil.
* circulation department = departamento de circulación, departamento de préstamo.
* consumer protection department = departamento de defensa del consumidor.
* customer service department = departamento de atención al cliente.
* department head = director de departamento.
* department library = biblioteca de departamento.
* department of corrections = departamento de corrección de menores.
* department store = grandes almacenes.
* fire department = bomberos, cuerpo de bomberos, brigada de bomberos.
* health department = departamento de sanidad.
* interlibrary loan department = departamento de préstamo interbibliotecario.
* local studies department = sección de fondos locales, sección de temas locales.
* marketing department = departamento de marketing.
* meat department = carnicería.
* order department = sección de adquisiciones, sección de compras.
* payroll department = sección de nóminas.
* personnel department = sección de personal.
* popular department = departamento de lectura "formativo-recreativa".
* processing department = departamento de procesos técnicos.
* sales department = departamento de ventas.
* serial department = sección de publicaciones periódicas.
* service department = servicio de atención al cliente.
* technical services department = departamento de servicios técnicos, departamento de catalogación.
* young adult department = sección juvenil.

(n.) = ministerio.
Ex: One of the aims of this department is to promote a climate for British industry and commerce as conducive to enterprise and competition as that in any other industrialized country.
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* Department of Defense (DOD) = Departamento de Defensa.
* Department of Education and Science = Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia.
* Department of Labor = Ministerio de Trabajo.
* Department of the Environment = Ministerio del Medio Ambiente.
* Department of Trade = Ministerio de Comercio.
* Department of Trade and Industry = Ministerio de Comercio e Industria.
* government department = ministerio.
* Road Department, the = Ministerio de Obras Públicas, el.
* USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) = USDA (Ministerio de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos).