back-office

adjective

ˈbak-ˈä-fəs 

-ˈȯ-fəs

: of or relating to the inner workings of a business or institution : internal

back-office operations

Examples of back-office in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Dick’s isn’t the only firm looking overseas for back-office operations. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026

The candidates were asked if money could be saved by consolidating back-office functions and other efficiencies. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026

The light bulb went off when Swan led a project using early OpenAI models to automate back-office work at Revolut. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026

The companies answering them well are pulling away from those that still view fulfillment as a back-office function. — Tom Wicky, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for back-office

• interoffice
• office