| 单词 | front office |
| 释义 | front officeSEE SYNONYMS FOR front office ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe executive or administrative office of a company, organization, etc. Origin of front officeAn Americanism dating back to 1895–1900 OTHER WORDS FROM front officefront-office, adjectiveWords nearby front officefront matter, front money, front nine, fronto-, frontoanterior position, front office, front of house, frontogenesis, frontolysis, frontomalar, frontomaxillary Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Idioms and Phrases with front officefront office 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] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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