Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The department administered by a governmental secretary, especially for an international organization.
- n. The office occupied by such a department.
- n. The office or position of a governmental secretary.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as secretariate.
Wiktionary
- n. The office or department of a government secretary.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The office of a secretary; the place where a secretary transacts business, keeps records, etc.
WordNet 3.0
- n. thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1973
- n. an administrative unit responsible for maintaining records and other secretarial duties; especially for international organizations
Etymologies
- From French secrétariat. (Wiktionary)
- French secrétariat, from Old French, from Medieval Latin sēcrētāriātus, from sēcrētārius, secretary; see secretary. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“With a total budget less than 1% of the Department for International Development's, and fewer staff than Cornwall council's fire and rescue service, the secretariat is unlikely to find too many areas in which it will be uniquely placed to add real value.”
“Of course giving more financial power to SecGen Kofi Annan (father of Kojo) may not be a particularly top-notch idea and shifting money management from the unaccountable General Assembly to an equally unaccountable but possibly more sensible professional secretariat is not going to change the culture of the UN one iota.”
“The secretariat is working to ensure that the people who benefit from these jobs are those who truly need the opportunity.”
“The secretariat is a bold new adventure for the world of post-conflict philanthropy, and has the potential to serve as a model for expediting the transitional process for countries seeking to lift themselves from a crisis-ridden past.”
The Huffington Post: Rahim Kanani: A New Kind of Investing: The Philanthropy Secretariat in Liberia
“The U.S. position has now been incorporated in a draft resolution written by the WHO secretariat, which is highly responsive to US pressure.”
James Love: Hillary and Obama Set to Kill Medical R&D Treaty at WHO Meeting
“He's now being walked, we believe, towards the, what's called the secretariat building, the building I'm in, the tall tower of the U.N. PHILLIPS: Yes, kind of set us up of where exactly you are and where the shooting took place.”
“But the secretariat is a weak organization that gets undermined.”
“HOLDER: I mean, what happened is the executive secretariat, that is the folks who handle correspondence within the Justice Department, got that document and referred it seeing it was a pardon matter, or interpreting it that way referred it to the pardon attorney for a response.”
“The secretariat, which is a civilian body responsible for monitoring police efficiency in the province, has only seven staff members in its staff structure made up of 41 post.”
“COMESA secretariat, which is based in Zambia, has set October”
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