organ
/ˈɔːgən/ noun [C]Definition
› COMMUNICATIONS a newspaper or magazine that represents the opinions of a group or organization, or that is produced for a particular group of people: The monthly journal was once the official organ of the Communist party. She edits the company's house organ that is distributed to employees twice a year.
› GOVERNMENT an organization that works as part of a larger organization, for example, a government: China's top national security policy organ the courts and other government organs
(Definition of organ noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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