desk
• noun 1 a piece of furniture with a flat or sloping surface and often with drawers, for writing, reading, or other work. 2 a counter in a hotel, bank, airport, etc. 3 a specified section of a news organization: the sports desk. 4 a position in an orchestra at which two players share a music stand. — ORIGIN from Latin discus ‘plate’ (later ‘desk’), from Greek diskos ‘discus’.
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