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

The main difference between the adviser at the brokerage and an independent will be the level of support they have in the back office and the level of attention you get.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

Just a few hundred metres away from the Aeon mall, Yui* was sitting in the back office of her cake shop when the quake hit.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

He points to the existing “Fit-for-Growth” program, which targets efficiency across systems, processes and back office functions, as a potential route for improvement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

There will be losers in the short-term, primarily companies with tens of thousands of low-skill engineers and data scientists who supply nothing more than low-cost, back office software services.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

Papi disappears to the back office with the owner, whose nickname, Wimpy, is also the name of his store.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez