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1. (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	business office, office,
definition	:	place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	mukataa,
definition	:	an Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center (noun.artifact)

domain usage	:	plural, plural form,
definition	:	the form of a word that is used to denote more than one (noun.communication)

2. (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	bag, base,
definition	:	a place that the runner must touch before scoring (noun.artifact)

domain category	:	baseball, baseball game,
definition	:	a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs (noun.act)