secretary

secretary
01. Just ask the [secretary] if you need to have anything typed up.
02. The [secretarial] staff has increased by 3 people just in the last year, due to the steady increase in business.
03. I'll have my [secretary] send you a copy of the contracts.
04. She has been working as a [secretary] in this office for over 5 years.
05. Talk to my [secretary], and she'll set up an appointment for you.
06. Everything in the office came to a halt when the [secretaries] went on strike.
07. I think the [secretary] has already filed that. Why don't you check with him?
08. A [secretary] must have good communication and organization skills, and should have experience with a variety of modern office machines.
09. I'll have the [secretary] type up the letter.
10. Her excellent [secretarial] skills guarantee she'll find a job quickly.
11. He served as [Secretary]-General of the United Nations for over ten years.
12. We need someone with good [secretarial] skills to get this office organized.
13. Joe Moore once said that if you want to make certain a job gets done, give it to somebody who is really busy. They'll have their [secretary] do it.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • secretary — sec·re·tary n pl tar·ies often cap 1: an officer of a business concern who may keep records of directors and stockholders meetings and of stock ownership and transfer and help supervise the company s interests 2: a government officer who… …   Law dictionary

  • Secretary —   [ sekrətri] der, /...ries, in England im 16. Jahrhundert Bezeichnung des leitenden Ministers, später allgemein Minister Titel. Die wichtigsten Kabinettsmitglieder heißen Secretary of State. In den USA ist »Secretary of State« nur für den… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Secretary — Secretary, MD U.S. town in Maryland Population (2000): 503 Housing Units (2000): 218 Land area (2000): 0.258731 sq. miles (0.670109 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.258731 sq. miles (0.670109 sq …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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  • secretary — [n1] office worker assistant, clerk, executive secretary, receptionist, typist, word processor; concept 348 secretary [n2] desk bureau, davenport, escritoire, secretaire, writing desk, writing table; concept 443 …   New thesaurus

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