home office

noun

1. the main office of a company.
2. (initial capital letters) the governmental department in Great Britain dealing with domestic matters, as elections, naturalization, and the control of police.
3. a work or office space set up in a person's home and used exclusively for business on a regular basis.

Home Office

noun

1. government the national department responsible for the maintenance of law and order, immigration control, and all other domestic affairs not specifically assigned to another department

Example Sentences

As I returned to my computer screen, my reporter husband popped into my home office with an update about his latest story.

From Quartz

My home office feels like a magical, blissfully spare, far away destination to which I need to buy a ticket and board a flight, even though it’s one staircase away.

From Washington Post

She quickly became frustrated by the content of the lectures, she recalls over Zoom from her home office in Oxford, where she now teaches.

From Time

Obviously, the aforementioned comfort and support are important, but—especially if it’s for a home office—the size and style of the chair also come into play.

From Popular-Science

Instead of the well-lit stages with fancy displays, Vacante will pitch LiveArea’s new scan-and-go technology from a computer screen in her home office, complete with a CES-friendly blue curtain background.

From Digiday

Last year, the Home Office said the dossier had mysteriously disappeared from the archives.

From The Daily Beast

Recently, when whistleblowers finally surfaced, the Home Office officials could find no trace of the dossier.

From The Daily Beast

Earlier this year, the Home Office reported 863,000 undocumented people living in Britain.

From The Daily Beast

Even when the job market picks up, however, parents may find they need to put off remodeling Junior's room into a home office.

From The Daily Beast

All of this, as stated by the Home Office spokesman, runs counter to the values shared between the U.S. and UK.

From The Daily Beast

It was with a feeling of relief on both sides that the arrival of Mr. Haggard, of the Home Office, was announced.

From Project Gutenberg

From the Home Office representative—before whom I have already given evidence.

From Project Gutenberg

I have to-day mein papers of Nationalization to your Home Office sent off.

From Project Gutenberg

Randolph, amazed, ran his eye over the long report of Fauchet to his home office, the other secretaries watching him in silence.

From Project Gutenberg

The consequence is that there is a strong buffer to protect the character and power of the Home Office.

From Project Gutenberg