Take Office

Definition: Take Office

1. Assume an office, duty, or title; "When will the new President take office?".

English words defined with "take office": accede to, avail ♦ doctor ♦ enter upon ♦ help, hold ♦ Test act. (references)

Historic Usage: Take Office

Author	Date	Quotation
Amendment to US Constitution	1795-2038	Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Non-Fiction Usage: Take Office

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		The new administration that will take office in December of 2000 would most likely implement new programs to accelerate the modernization of the gas industry. (references)
Economic History	Peru	Fujimori fled the country and resigned from office in November 2000. A caretaker government presided over by Valentin Paniagua Corazao took on the responsibility of conducting new presidential and congressional elections, scheduled for April 2001. The new elected government will take office July 28, 2001. (references)
	Peru	The Paniagua government's principal objective is to conduct free and fair presidential and congressional elections in April 2001. A new 5-year government will take office in July 2001. The interim government is also investigating a web of corruption under the Fujimori administration run by Fujimori's closest adviser, Vladimiro Montesinos, and involving a wide range of government, political and business leaders. (references)
Political Economy	Honduras	Maduro is scheduled to take office on January 27, 2002; he is to replace President Carlos Flores Facusse of the Liberal Party. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speeches: Take Office

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	We take office in the wake of seven months of recession, three and one-half years of slack, seven years of diminished economic growth, and nine years of falling farm income.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Modern Translations: Take Office

Language		Translations for "take office"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		就職 (assume a post), 就任 (assume a post), 上任 . (various references)

Czech		ujmout se funkce, převzít vládu. (various references)

Finnish		astua virkaan (enter office). (various references)

Greek		αναλαμβάνω υπηρεσία. (various references)

Italian		insediare (establish, induct, instal, instal oneself, install, install oneself, seat). (various references)

Pig Latin		aketay officeay.(various references)

Russian		вступать в должность (assume, assume office, assume the position, enter upon office). (various references)

Turkish		görev almak. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Take Office

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-f-f-i-k-o-t"
	-3 letters: takeoff.
	-4 letters: affect, coatee, coffee, coiffe, efface, effect, facete, office, toffee.
	-5 letters: ackee, coati, facet.
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