A place in a restaurant, bar, or shop etc, typically containing a cash register, where a customer can pay the bill.

Alternative spelling of roll-top desk

The place in public and company buildings where a receptionist presides, typically located in the front entrance of a building just inside the door. At a reception desk you may ask how to gain access to different parts of the building.

A desk consisting of a flat surface resting on two columns of drawers with a space between for the legs

Alternative spelling of newsdesk

plural of help desk

The desk in a newspaper office where copyreading takes place. / The staff responsible for editing copy.

(idiomatic) One who spends his or her time seated at a desk; especially one who is more concerned with procedure, paperwork, or administration than with its ultimate goal or practical consequence.

plural of reception desk

plural of writing desk