Meaning of backroom | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A room near the rear of a premises.
   attributive, figuratively, often
2. Especially, one that is only accessible to a privileged few and can be used as an inconspicuous meeting place, where secrecy, anonymity, and even crooked dealings may occur.
   attributive, figuratively, often
3. A storeroom in the rear of the premises.

Equivalents

Examples

“Near-synonym: smoke-filled room (meeting place of crooked insiders)”

“backroom deals”

“backroom bargaining”

“It is known that means of using this end of the former NLR and Broad Street station to take an overspill of traffic from Liverpool Street have been under backroom study for some time.”

“The vote for a new prime minister will involve plenty of backroom bargaining, while Thailand struggles to revive its faltering economy.”

“We had thought that they were out of the old model, but somebody checked in the backroom and found a case of them.”

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