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back office

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back office
n.
The internal operations of an organization that are not accessible or visible to the general public: "The . . . bank will . . . modernize its back office and computer systems and improve its marketing and customer service" (Peter Sinton).

back office
n
(Business / Commerce) (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance)
a.  the administrative and support staff of a financial institution or other business
b.  (as modifier) back-office operations


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I looked through the window, and saw her speak to a respectable elderly person behind the counter, who darted an indignant look at me, and at once led my charming stranger into a back office.
Snagsby bends to the lawyer, retires behind the counter, peeps at them through the window-blind, goes softly into the back office, refers to the entries in the book still lying open.
--and sure enough my father walks arter him, like a tame monkey behind a horgan, into a little back office, vere a teller sat among dirty papers, and tin boxes, making believe he was busy.
 
 
 
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