" desk "

[Noun]  | "desk" | \ ˈdesk \

1: a table, frame, or case with a sloping or horizontal surface especially for writing and reading and often with drawers, compartments, and pigeonholes

2: a reading table or lectern from which a liturgical service is read

3: a table, counter, stand, or booth at which a person works

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English deske, dext "reading desk, lectern," borrowed from Medieval Latin descus, desca, variant of discus "raised table, platform," going back to Latin, "discus, kind of plate, gong," borrowed from Greek dískos "discus," in Late Greek also "dish, round mirror, the sun's disk, gong" {mat|discus|};

  * Note : The in the British Medieval Latin forms (and subsequent borrowing into Middle English) appears to show influence of the Romance outcome of discus, for which see: the note at {dish:1|dish:1}. The sense "reading desk," presumably originating in monastic usage, is not limited to Britain—compare discus in Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, which records the meaning in central Europe.;

[Noun]  | "desk jockey" 

1: a person whose job involves working at a desk

Origin: 1943 ;

[Noun]  | "desk job" 

1: a job that someone does while sitting at a desk

[Noun]  | "help desk" 

1: a department or person that provides assistance and information usually for electronic or computer problems —often hyphenated when used before another noun

Origin: 1980 ;

[Noun]  | "partners desk" 

1: a large desk with an open kneehole which allows use of the desk by two people seated opposite each other

Origin: 1950 ;

[Noun]  | "reading desk" 

1: lectern

Origin: 1703 ;

[Noun]  | "roll*top desk" | \ ˈrōl-ˈtäp- \

1: a writing desk with a sliding cover often of parallel slats fastened to a flexible backing

Origin: 1887 ;

[Noun]  | "writing desk" 

1: a desk that often has a sloping top for writing on; also : a portable case that contains writing materials and has a surface for writing

Origin: 1611 ;

[Noun]  | "cash desk" 

1: a checkout counter in a store : the place in a store where a person pays for the things he or she is buying

[Noun]  | "city desk" 

1: the area in a newspaper's office where stories about local news are written and edited

2: the area in a newspaper's office where stories about financial news are written and edited

[Noun]  | "desk"