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telebureau en · NOUN

Etymology

From tele- + bureau.

Meanings

1. A telecentre.
   • On the other hand, there are also projects which have meanwhile stopped their operation, such as the Nykvarn neighbourhood office - one of the most prominent experimental cases, or the 'telebureau' in Goms, a very remote Swiss mountain village. 1998, Paul J. Jackson, Teleworking: International Perspectives:
   • Many use agency staff extensively, while the agencies themselves have moved into providing and managing complete telebureaux. 2003, Ola Bergström, Contingent Employment in Europe and the United States, page 58:
   • Finally, the emergence of telebureaus providing resale of voice telephony and other value-added service is a significant downstream effect of sector liberalization. 2004, Private Solutions for Infrastructure in Lesotho, page 53:

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