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Commissary Department
Subsistence Department Sub*sist"ence De*part"ment (Mil.) A staff department of the United States army charged, under the supervision of the Chief of Staff, with the purchasing and issuing to the army of such supplies as make up the ration. It also supplies, for authorized sales, certain articles of food and other minor stores. It is commanded by any officer of the rank of brigadier general, called commissary general, and the department is popularly called the Commissary Department.
Department of the Interior
Interior In*te"ri*or, n. 1. That which is within; the internal or inner part of a thing; the inside. 2. The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom. Department of the Interior, that department of the government of the United States which has charge of pensions, patents, public lands and surveys, the Indians, education, etc.; that department of the government of a country which is specially charged with the internal affairs of that country; the home department. Secretary of the Interior, the cabinet officer who, in the United States, is at the head of the Department of the Interior.
Department store
Department store De*part"ment store A store keeping a great variety of goods which are arranged in several departments, esp. one with dry goods as the principal stock.
Departmental
Departmental De`part*men"tal, a. Pertaining to a department or division. --Burke.
Subdepartment
Subdepartment Sub`de*part"ment, n. A subordinate department; a bureau. See the Note under Bureau.
Subsistence Department
Subsistence Department Sub*sist"ence De*part"ment (Mil.) A staff department of the United States army charged, under the supervision of the Chief of Staff, with the purchasing and issuing to the army of such supplies as make up the ration. It also supplies, for authorized sales, certain articles of food and other minor stores. It is commanded by any officer of the rank of brigadier general, called commissary general, and the department is popularly called the Commissary Department.

Meaning of Department from wikipedia

- Look up department, departement, or dept in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Department may refer to: Departmentalization, division of a larger organization...
- In the administrative divisions of France, the department (French: département, pronounced [depaʁtəmɑ̃] ) is one of the three levels of government under...
- The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with...
- A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing...
- The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for...
- The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government that oversees U.S. national energy policy and energy...
- The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the management and conservation...
- The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to...
- emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a...
- Bolívar (Spanish pronunciation: [boˈliβaɾ]) is a department of Colombia. It was named after one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia...