back office

noun

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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Historical Examples of back office

Just lift that little boy off the tall stool in the back-office, and tell him to come in here, will you, my man?'
The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby
Charles Dickens

British Dictionary definitions for back office

back office

noun

the administrative and support staff of a financial institution or other business
(as modifier)back-office operations

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