English > executive department: 1 sense > noun 1, group| Meaning | A federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States. |
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| Member of | executive branch, Executive Office of the President | The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws |
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| Narrower | Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Department, Agriculture, USDA | The federal department that administers programs that provide services to farmers (including research and soil conservation and efforts to stabilize the farming economy) |
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| Department of Commerce, Commerce Department, Commerce, DoC | The 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 Labor | A former executive department of the United States government |
| Department of Defense, Defense Department, United States Department of Defense, Defense, DoD | The federal department responsible / responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States |
| Department of Education, Education Department, Education | The 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, DOE | The federal department responsible / responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States |
| Department of Health Education and Welfare | A former executive department of the United States government |
| Department of Health and Human Services, Health and Human Services, HHS | The United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare |
| Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security | The federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development, Housing and Urban Development, HUD | The United States federal department that administers federal programs dealing with better housing and urban renewal |
| Department of Justice, Justice Department, Justice, DoJ | The 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, DoL | The 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, DoS | The federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies |
| Department of Transportation, Transportation, DoT | The United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs |
| Department of Veterans Affairs, VA | The United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans |
| Department of the Interior, Interior Department, Interior, DoI | The United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources |
| Department of the Treasury, Treasury Department, Treasury, United States Treasury | The federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances |
| Navy Department | A former executive department of the United States government |
| War Department | A former executive department of the United States government |
| White House, EXEC | The chief executive department of the United States government |
| Broader | federal department, federal office, department of the federal government | A department of the federal government of the United States |
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| Spanish | departamento ejecutivo, ejecutivo |
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| Catalan | departament executiu, executiu |
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