back-office

adjective

ˈbak-ˈä-fəs How to pronounce back-office (audio)
-ˈȯ-fəs
: of or relating to the inner workings of a business or institution : internal
back-office operations

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Prime’s sole purpose is to provide back-office services for Elite, in exchange for a percentage of Elite’s revenue. Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2025 The economics are brutal: bringing on a seasoned CFO or senior back-office leader can cost over $500,000 a year. Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025 Similarly, back-office work in finance, law and other industries is rapidly being automated, leaving Gen Z college graduates scrambling to find work in areas outside their academic majors. Ron Insana, CNBC, 20 June 2025 For more than a decade, State Street operated joint ventures that allowed the financial services firm to off-load some IT and back-office tasks to outsourcing partners like Atos and HCLTech in India. John Kell, Fortune, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for back-office

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First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of back-office was in 1915

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“Back-office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back-office. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.

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