front office


front office

noun

Definition of FRONT OFFICE

: the policy-making officials of an organization —usually hyphenated when used attributively <the front-office staff>

Examples of FRONT OFFICE

  1. Many fans blame the team's poor performance on bad decisions made by the front office.

First Known Use of FRONT OFFICE

1900

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