Lay
Lay noun - The activity by which one regularly makes a living.
Usage example: my main lay is as a general contractor, but I do side work as a carpenter
Office
Office noun - A large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization.
Both words in one sentence
- Lucy (Renee Zellweger) is a businesswoman sent from the corporate office in Miami to oversee changes in a factory in Minnesota, where she's also supposed to lay off half the staff.
Source: Film / New In Town - At the end it's revealed that it was all a Dying Dream; the doctor reports to his nurse that the man came into his office, lay down, and never woke up.
Source: Passed in Their Sleep -
Bluff the Eavesdropper: After finding the listening device in Caspar Weinberger's office, the FBI does this in order to lay a trap for Directorate S.
Source: Series / The Americans
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