(Australian politics) The recruitment of members for a branch of a political party in order to influence the outcome of internal preselections of candidates for public office.

A business office that is geographically separate from the headquarters of the business.

plural of branch office

(rail transport) A secondary railroad route or one subsidiary to a railroad's mainlines.

A part of a whole governing body which is assigned specific powers; examples include the legislature, the judiciary, the executive, the military, and, in non-secular states, the church.

(organic chemistry) Describing any aliphatic compound that contains a chain of carbon atoms in which at least one carbon atom is connected to three or four others, thus forming a branch.

A branch of an olive tree offered as an emblem of peace. / (figuratively) Any symbol of peace, or a peace offering to an adversary to show goodwill and in the hope of securing peace.

(intransitive) To expand in the manner of branches. / (intransitive, idiomatic) To expand one's interests or activities in a new direction.

Alternative form of olive-branch

The register in a CPU which contains the address of the next instruction to be executed or of an instruction to be branched to under certain circumstances