Noun
(
en noun)
an office
* {{quote-web, date=1998-05-13
, year=
, first=
, last=
, author=
, authorlink=
, title=More than 9000 Basotho Gold Miners Retrenched
, site=ANC Dailey News Briefing
citation
, archiveorg=2012-09-14
, accessdate=
, passage=… an employment
buro' said on Tuesday. The retrenchments took place between November last year and March 1998, the Employment ' Buro of Africa's regional manager, Chris Hechter said.
}}
* {{quote-web, date=2008-02-19
, year=
, first=
, last=
, author=Alejandro López de Haro, Jr.
, authorlink=
, title=Fidel Castro Steps Down
, site=Ground Report
citation
, archiveorg=
, accessdate=2012-09-14
, passage=… a member of both the council of ministers and the Cuban Communist Party's political
buro .
}}
a desk, usually with a cover and compartments for storing papers etc. located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath.
* {{quote-book, year=1902
, year_published=
1998
, edition=HTML
, editor=
, author=Bill Arp
, title=From the Uncivil War to Date
, chapter=
citation
, genre=
, publisher=Univ. of North Carolina
, isbn=
, page=
, passage=Mrs. Arp opens her school and stands 'em up by the
buro to say their lessons.
}}
(US) a for clothes
* {{quote-book, year=1885
, year_published=
2005
, edition=Online
, editor=
, author=Marietta Holley
, title=Sweet Cicely
, chapter=
citation
, genre=
, publisher=The Gutenberg Project
, isbn=
, page=
, passage=And I went up into the spare chamber, and sort o' fixed Philury's things to the best advantage; for I knew the neighbors would be in to look at 'em. And I was a standin' there as calm and happy as the
buro or table, ...
}}
* {{quote-magazine, date=
, year=1998
, month=May
, first=
, last=
, author=Phil D. Zimmerman
, coauthors=
, title=The Stratford, Connecticut, bureau table: A re-examination
, volume=153
, issue=5
, page=740
, magazine=Antiques
, publisher=
, issn=
, url=
, passage=One can only speculate about the appearance of the "New-fashion
buro " advertised for sale in the Boaton Gazette of May 1, 1750.
}}