noun. The office or position of a director.

noun. A board of directors, as of a corporation.

noun. The entire staff of a bureau or department.

noun. l.The office of a director.

noun. A body of directors.

noun. The office of director; also, a body of directors taken jointly.

noun. An agency headed by a director, usually a subdivision of a major government department.

noun. A body of directors.

noun. a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution

"The intelligence directorate is "satisfied with mediocre written products ... closed-minded and unwilling to consider new and different ideas," the senior analyst added."

board  

staggered board of directors  

electorate  inspectorate  protectorate  

beam-down  beamdown  chieftress  distributionnetwork  geocentric  

board  board of directors  board of regents  board of trustees  bureaucracy