parts department
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- noun
- /pɑrts dɪˈpɑrtmənt/
- Specialized
:
departamento de piezas
- He worked his way up to assistant manager trainee in the auto parts department at the new store in Syracuse, New York, then came home when his father died and his mother fell ill.
- an auto parts department
Examples
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The customer spoke with the staff at the parts department to find the right replacement for his car.
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I could be a mite helpful in the parts department.
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I eventually determined that the shop was charging me prices for the parts that were almost twice the retail price from the dealer's parts department.
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I mean, it was sitting on the Ferrari shelf parts department, so it took us a little bit to wrestle up the parts.
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But through third-party providers such as Katzskin, you can order your Pop with optional leather, but it's done through the Mopar parts department; however, you can get leather if you want—and in red or just about any color paint available, but at a price.
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She works in the parts department of a large auto repair shop, where she helps customers order parts.
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After a quick visit to the parts department, he was able to get the parts he needed for his truck.
How Large
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- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the section responsible for selling replacement parts' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'parts' (replacement components) with 'department' (an organizational unit). This is a literal, compositional noun-noun phrase following common English patterns and would be obvious to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
The noun parts department comes from the image of a shop or car dealership that keeps spare parts in a separate room or team. The department is the place people go to buy or get 'replacement parts', so the phrase means the section of a business that sells or supplies those items.