back end
noun
Northern English dialect autumn
adjective back-end
(of money, costs, etc) required or incurred after a project has been completed
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Word Origin for back end
from the phrase the back end of the year
Words nearby back end
backdraught, backdrop, backed, back emf, back emission, back end, back-end load, backend-to, backer, backer-up, backfall
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