work out of

English translation: inside

20:43 Mar 5, 2008

English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management

English term or phrase: work out of

Hello!
I'm wondering whether Larry Page and Sergey Brin work OUTSIDE their office or INSIDE their office in this sentence: "Larry Page and Sergey Brin were working out of a small cramped office".
Thank you!
Luca

Maverick82 (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 276 (none open) (9 closed without grading) Answers: 220
Local time: 03:49

Selected answer:inside

Explanation:
in this case " working out of" refers to

working at
based at

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Note added at 7 mins (2008-03-05 20:51:04 GMT)
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http://www.answers.com/topic/out-of

In this case I read it as a preposition:

See definition 1 d
In, especially intermittently in: works "out of" the main office.

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Note added at 21 mins (2008-03-05 21:05:03 GMT)
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oops, sorry, misread this as inside and outside (outdoors). Yes, they work AT the office and probably at other locations but BASED at the small office.

Selected response from:

marybro
Local time: 21:49

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Thank you! :-)
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4 +6

inside

marybro

4 +1

probably both inside and outside

Jennifer Levey

using their office primarily as a base for their work activities

PoveyTrans (X)

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6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

work out of (in this context) probably both inside and outside

Explanation:
'work out of' suggests that the office was their administrative base, but a lot of their work was actually done elsewhere (as might be the case of a private detective, for example)

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Note added at 10 mins (2008-03-05 20:53:48 GMT)
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For personal experience: I used to work in London (UK) where I shared a 12ft x 12ft office with 11 other engineers; we all 'worked out of' that office and fortunately we were only all there at the same time for a few hours on Friday afternoons when we had to fill in our time sheets. The rest of the week I and my colleagues were all working 'on site' somewhere else.

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 21:49
Native speaker of:

English

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

work out of (in this context)

inside

marybro
Local time: 21:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thank you! :-)

1 day 4 hrs confidence:

using their office primarily as a base for their work activities

Explanation:
just another way of saying it...

you could say...

He works out of the Milan office, though he is often in Rome and Florence on business.

PoveyTrans (X)
Local time: 02:49
Native speaker of: English

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