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front office
noun
the executive or administrative office of a company, organization, etc.
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Other 51Թ Forms
- front-office adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of front office1
An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
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Idioms and Phrases
The policy-making or executive individuals in an organization, as in I'll have to check with the front office before I can give you a discount. This term was originally underworld slang for police headquarters or the main detective bureau. It soon was extended to other administrative offices and their personnel. [c. 1900]
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They have built a robust analytics department in the front office.
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Changes did eventually come in the front office and the dugout.
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Now she’s out of rehab, going to meetings and working in the family restaurant, though asking to get back into the front office.
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Two weeks ago, vandals threw bricks through the front office window, smashing a few items inside.
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Koufax and Snell are two of 10 Dodgers among the 33, a clue as to what the Dodgers front office values in mound performance.
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