"front office" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} front office (not comparable)
  1. Pertaining to the portion of a business or organization that deals with customers and revenue generation. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-front_office-en-adj-D3wDrCg7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 28 20 18

Noun

Forms: front offices [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} front office (plural front offices)
  1. An office to which members of the general public go when dealing with an organization.
    Sense id: en-front_office-en-noun-0fqq2Ise Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 28 20 18
  2. The systems or divisions of an organization that deal with customer or public interactions and/or revenue generation.
    Sense id: en-front_office-en-noun-i9F3qjpU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 28 20 18
  3. The executive or policymaking officers of an organization.
    Sense id: en-front_office-en-noun-7lOYx~-i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 28 20 18

Inflected forms

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