HyperDic: executive_department

English > 1 sense of the expression executive department:
NOUNgroupexecutive departmenta federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
English > executive department: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States.
Member ofexecutive branch, Executive Office of the PresidentThe branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws
NarrowerDepartment of Agriculture, Agriculture Department, Agriculture, USDAThe federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy)
Department of Commerce, Commerce Department, Commerce, DoCThe United States federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office)
Department of Commerce and LaborA former executive department of the United States government
Department of Defense, Defense Department, United States Department of Defense, Defense, DoDThe federal department responsible / responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States
Department of Education, Education Department, EducationThe United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students)
Department of Energy, Energy Department, Energy, DOEThe federal department responsible / responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States
Department of Health Education and WelfareA former executive department of the United States government
Department of Health and Human Services, Health and Human Services, HHSThe United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare
Department of Homeland Security, Homeland SecurityThe federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Urban Development, HUDThe United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal
Department of Justice, Justice Department, Justice, DoJThe United States federal department responsible / responsible for enforcing federal laws / laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation)
Department of Labor, Labor Department, Labor, DoLThe federal department responsible / responsible for promoting the working conditions of wage earners in the United States
Department of State, United States Department of State, State Department, State, DoSThe federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies
Department of Transportation, Transportation, DoTThe United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs
Department of Veterans Affairs, VAThe United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans
Department of the Interior, Interior Department, Interior, DoIThe United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources
Department of the Treasury, Treasury Department, Treasury, United States TreasuryThe federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances
Navy DepartmentA former executive department of the United States government
War DepartmentA former executive department of the United States government
White House, EXECThe chief executive department of the United States government
Broaderfederal department, federal office, department of the federal governmentA department of the federal government of the United States
Spanishdepartamento ejecutivo, ejecutivo
Catalandepartament executiu, executiu

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