back office

American  

noun

back offices plural

1. any department or office, as a private office or a department of record keeping, that is not usually seen by outsiders.

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back office British  

noun

1. 1. the administrative and support staff of a financial institution or other business

   2. ( as modifier )

      back-office operations

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• back offices
  plural

Example Sentences

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back office

Customers “will not only be adopting software when they join Bill, they will be bringing on a team of expert agents that learn their financial back office and run it,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026

Additionally, clients expressed concerns about Victory’s service model, systems, risk management, compliance, back office and client services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

Among providers of software for the back office, there is Dropbox at just under 13, Open Text at just below 11, and Roper Technologies at just under 23.

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026

Same with the little back office in the bar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2025

Then Mr. Hancock, who had been sitting alone over his little hearth fire in the back office, came out.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes