hoffice

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English

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Etymology

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Blend of home +‎ office.

Noun

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hoffice (plural hoffices)

  1. A home office.
    • 1991, Jeffrey P. Davidson, Marketing to Home-Based Businesses, Business One Irwin, →ISBN, page 274:
      The spread of hoffices is really representative of a deeper change which the work-at-home movement is producing.
    • 1991 October 6, Elaine Markoutsas, “Updated Furnishings Helping To Bring The Office Home”, in The Seattle Times:
      In designing her hoffices, Vassa makes sure there is adequate lighting, always on dimmers.
    • 1997, F. Byron Nahser, Learning to Read the Signs: Reclaiming Pragmatism in Business, Butterworth-Heinemann, →ISBN, page 164:
      Related to this is the response by business to the reality of worker commutes to far-flung suburbs and the rise of telecommuting and "hoffices," home offices.