Phrase Hound found 12 phrases and 17 compound words that contain bureau. The most common are listed below. Open bureau in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 12
- credit bureaudata collection agency that gathers account information from various creditors and provides that information to responsible agencies
- bureau de changeA place where foreign currency can be exchanged.
- Bureau CountyOne of 102 counties in Illinois, United States. County seat: Princeton.
- marriage bureauA marriage agency.
- International Time BureauThe international bureau responsible for combining different measurements of Universal Time.
- bureau platA flat writing desk.
- National Bureau of InvestigationThe national investigative authority / national police organization (which investigates serious and high-profile crimes) in certain nations, specifically:
- Federal Bureau of InvestigationThe domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, which simultaneously serves as its primary federal law enforcement organization.
- bureau de changesplural of bureau de change: A place where foreign currency can be exchanged.
- QSL bureauA bureau through which QSL cards can be exchanged, usually run by a national amateur radio organisation.
- Bureau-Barrière syndromeSporadic forms of hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type I.
- bureau-ocracyObsolete form of bureaucracy: Government by bureaus or their administrators or officers.
Compound words 17
- bureaucracyGovernment by bureaus or their administrators or officers.
- bureaucraticOf or pertaining to bureaucracy or the actions of bureaucrats.
- bureaucratAn official who is part of a bureaucracy.
- bureaugamymarriage (literal or metaphorical) to a bureaucracy
- telebureauA telecentre.
- extrabureauOutside of a bureau or office.
- multibureauInvolving more than one bureau or office.
- bureaugamousMarried (literally or metaphorically) to a bureaucracy.
- bureausisA psychological aversion to bureaucracies or bureaucratic behaviors, which are perceived to be impersonal and dehumanizing.
- subbureauA district-level public security bureau in China.