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

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Example Sentences

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back office

GenHealth.ai, a Boston-headquartered startup building AI agents for medical back office tasks, collected $16.5 million in Series A funding led by Flare Capital Partners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

Concentrix says it designs, builds, and runs integrated human and AI solutions for businesses, running customer experience operations and back office functions.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

When everything comes into focus, I realize I’m lying on the small red sofa in the back office of Aunt J’s hair salon.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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