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When I first left university, I thought about going into the private sector. But I discovered when I went to interview that I could only have a career in the back office, or doing HR. The attitude was, 'My dear lady, you cannot possibly think about going on the board.'
Pauline Neville-Jones

Meaning of "back office" in the English dictionary

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BACK OFFICE

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Back office is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BACK OFFICE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Back office

A back office is a part of most corporations where tasks dedicated to running the company itself take place. The term "back office" comes from the building layout of early companies where the front office would contain the sales and other customer-facing staff and the back office would be those manufacturing or developing the products or involved in administration but without being seen by customers. Although the operations of a back office are seldom prominent, they are a major contributor to a business. Back offices may be located somewhere other than company headquarters. Many are in areas and countries with cheaper rent and lower labor costs. Some office parks such as MetroTech Center provide back offices for tenants whose front offices are in more expensive neighborhoods. Back office functions can be outsourced to consultants and contractors, including ones in other countries.

Definition of back office in the English dictionary

The definition of back office in the dictionary is the administrative and support staff of a financial institution or other business.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BACK OFFICE

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back of beyond
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Back River
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WORDS THAT END LIKE BACK OFFICE

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Home Office
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Oval Office
Patent Office
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the office
the Oval Office
the Stationery Office

Synonyms and antonyms of back office in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «back office» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BACK OFFICE

Find out the translation of back office to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of back office from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «back office» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

内勤
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

back office
570 millions of speakers

English

back office
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वापस कार्यालय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المكتب الخلفي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бэк-офис
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

back office
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফিরে অফিস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

back-office
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pejabat belakang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Back-Office-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バックオフィス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

백 오피스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mburi kantor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

văn phòng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மீண்டும் அலுவலகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बॅक ऑफिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Arka ofis
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

back office
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

back office
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бек - офіс
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

back office
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

back office
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

terug kantoor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

backoffice
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

back office
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about back office

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Pauline Neville-Jones
When I first left university, I thought about going into the private sector. But I discovered when I went to interview that I could only have a career in the back office, or doing HR. The attitude was, 'My dear lady, you cannot possibly think about going on the board.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACK OFFICE»

Discover the use of back office in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to back office and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Optimizing Back Office Operations: Best Practices to ...
Filled with case studies and insights, this is the one-stop resource you will turn to for the latest information and know-how on achieving sustainable profitability in the accounts payable, accounts receivable, purchasing, and treasury ...
Zahid Khalid, 2010
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Bank & Brokerage Back Office Procedures & Settlements
An indispensable guide fro bank and brokerage CEOs, executives, and boards who want to understand and implement bank office procedures and settlements.
Mervyn J. King, 2000
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Mastering Treasury Office Operations: A Practical Guide for ...
The work carried out by treasury operations and settlements has evolved beyond almost all recognition over recent years.
Denis Nolan, Gordon Amos, 2001
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Back Office and Beyond: A Guide to Procedures, Settlements ...
This ground breaking book is an essential read for anyonewanting his/her organisation to thrive and survive,containing particularly practical guidance and advice andnow extends its cover to the implications of CAD II.There is a compelling ...
Mervyn J. King, 2003
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Back Office and Operational Risk: Symptoms, Sources and Cures
Symptoms, Sources and Cures Mervyn J. King. Thus if they only had access to short dated six month funds, but felt it would be better to borrow long dated funds, which they thought were about to rise, then they would “pay” in (say) the five year  ...
Mervyn J. King, 2010
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Offshore Back Office Operations: Supplying Support Services ...
This study focuses on back office operations (distance delivery of range of non-core service functions), as a way of doing business that offers significant business opportunities for governments and service firms in developing and ...
Dorothy I. Riddle, 2000
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Mutual Fund Industry Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for ...
If you want a definitive reference on the mutual fund industry, this is the book for you. Praise for the Mutual Fund Industry Handbook "The Mutual Fund Industry Handbook is a remarkably important work . . .
Lee Gremillion, 2012
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Splintering Urbanism: Networked Infrastructures, ...
Splintering Urbanism makes an international and interdisciplinary analysis of the complex interactions between infrastructure networks and urban spaces.
Steve Graham, Simon Marvin, 2002
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Managing Energy Risk: A Nontechnical Guide to Markets and ...
The. Front/Middle/Back. Office. Model. The players laid out horizontally in the Concentric Circles model can be rearranged vertically, stacked up in an alternative framework called the "Front-Middle-Back Office" model. These offices also ...
John Wengler, 2001
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Front Desk/back Office: The Secret World of Galleries in 39 ...
"Subversive" may be the best description for this little volume pointing out that commercial art galleries are schizophrenic; they explicitly present things with an intellectual and aesthetic value, while on the other hand the experience ...
Robert Hamelijnck, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACK OFFICE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term back office is used in the context of the following news items.
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TNT chooses Accenture for five-year back office deal
International logistics company TNT has chosen Accenture as an outsourcing partner, to provide and standardise back office operations as part ... «sourcingfocus.com, Jul 15»
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Armed robbers target Woolworths at Canal Walk
Four suspects gained entry to the store's back office by allegedly posing and signing in as contractors. The Canal Walk Shopping Centre in ... «Eyewitness News, Jul 15»
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Man In Walmart Shirt Steals $120k From Store
The suspect shoves a female employee inside a back office and forces her to fill a backpack with money. 15:39, UK, Monday 06 July 2015. Play video "Man In ... «Sky News, Jul 15»
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Summer Budget: Where could more council cuts fall if budgets are …
“We will look at back office - we have already lost 2,000 posts here. “Arguably some people are getting close to just providing statutory services ... «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»
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1000 object to fire station downgrades
He said: "Their stubborn refusal to work with the police and combine back office functions, such as human resources and accounts, could save ... «expressandstar.com, Jul 15»
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This magic exoskeleton for industrial workers is the future
... into the Ekso Bionics reception area, actual bells rang out throughout the office, we could hear some whooping in the back office area. «Ars Technica UK, Jul 15»
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IFA consolidator plans to attract 200 extra advisers
These back office improvements are already underway and should be rolled out through 2016. The third point of business concerns the group's ... «FT Adviser, Jul 15»
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County considers back office transformation
Dorset County Councils is considering a major transformation programme for its back office services as it tries to find a further £45m in savings ... «LocalGov, Jul 15»
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PrestaShop 1.6.1 Released With Performance Improvements & Back
With this latest update, PrestaShop have served up performance enhancements and some design tweaks to their Back Office. Lets take a closer ... «CMS Critic, Jul 15»
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Dorset County Council consider cuts to 'back office' services in bid to …
COUNCILLORS are considering cuts to 'back office' services as a part of a move to save £45 million by 2017. Members of Dorset County ... «Western Gazette, Jul 15»

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