WordNet
n. (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise; "many companies have their headquarters in New York" [syn: headquarters, main office, home office, home base]
Wikipedia
Central office can mean any of the following:
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Telephone exchange
- Class 5 telephone switch
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Headquarters
- Corporate headquarters
Usage examples of "central office".
Starting from a segment of ophidian skin picked up in Madrid, Wolf and Larsen had followed the trail little by little and had been close to the final revelation when they had suddenly been called off the case by the central office.
Wiping The Mock's box would surely eliminate the gram that persisted in ordering her abduction or assassination, but it would also result in the loss of information of incalculable value to the NFP's central office.
They've narrowed down the central office and exchange - he's somewhere in western San Jose, near Winchester Boulevard.
Well, if Malik's information was in any way accurate, they seem to have some kind of special headquarters or central office in Mad Dog—.
At seven in the evening, Miss Eaton looked in at the colonel's central office and inquired whether he would need her any more that day.
Behind me, the robot, no longer under the directions of the central office, began to flick its claws in and out and run around in circles.