From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishback officeˈback ˌoffice noun [countable] the department of a bank or other financial institution that manages or organizes the work of the institution, but that does not deal with customers —back-office adjective [only before noun] back-office operations
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back office• And when I ran mortgages, I religiously took people from the back office.• She liked to stick around, see the results, maybe enjoy some off-camera larks in the back office.• The first traders had their origin, like Lewie, in the back office.• In 1979 Tom Kendall joined the desk from Wharton, with a brief intervening stop in the back office.From Longman Business Dictionaryback officeˌback ˈoffice [singular] FINANCE the department of a financial institution that does work connected with managing and organizing the work of the institution, rather than the actual work of trading, working with clients etcBack office problems led to a suspension of trading. → office 