directorate

di·rec·tor·ate /dəˈrektərət, daɪ-/ noun [countableC]

1. BBCthe group of directors who run a company 董事会，理事会 SYN board

2 a department of a government or large organization in charge of a particular area or activity 〔政府或大型机构的〕部门

the regional directorate of education

地方教育部门

Examples from the Corpus

directorate• No-one from the college directorate was available to comment.• We will retain the Department of Energy and move its petroleum engineering directorate to Aberdeen.• They will fund up to 90 percent of the research in some areas and will coordinate the work through a new directorate.• the CIA's Operations Directorate• Any sense that directorates are a mechanism to control and constrain doctors is likely to provoke problems.• The directorate of a company has a responsibility to those with whom they deal as people rather than just as instruments of profit.

From Longman Business Dictionary

directoratedi·rec·tor·ate /dəˈrektərət, daɪ-/ noun [countableC]ORGANIZATIONS

the committee in charge of an organization, especially a government organization

the Food Safety Directorate

The Bundesbank confirmed that it plans to reorganize its seven-member directorate.

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