an ability, power, or skill.
A licence to make alterations to a church.
A division of a university.
The members of a profession.
The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff.
An authority, power, or privilege conferred by a higher authority.
The ability to do a task, performance, or execution; a set of functions that something is able or equipped to perform.
The presence of a functional group.
In United States trademark law, the tendency of a product design to serve a function other than identification of the product, preventing that design from being protected as a trademark.