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back office

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈback 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 〔银行等金融机构的〕后勤部门,后台back-office adjective [only before noun] back-office operations 后台业务
Examples from the Corpus
back officeAnd 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
ˈback ˌoffice nounChineseSyllable
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back office
ˈback 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


back officeBrE /ˌbæk ˈɒfɪs/ 🔊NAmE /ˌbæk ˈɔːfɪs/ 🔊, /ˌbæk ˈɑːfɪs/ 🔊 noun (business 商业) the part of a business company which does not deal directly with the public 后勤部门