back end

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Synonyms: backbend, back-end, backend, backed, backhand, backwind, backland, backveld, backread, backband, backbond

Antonyms: backbend, back-end, backend, backed, backhand, backwind, backland, backveld, backread, backband, backbond

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Noun

1. The [[rear]], back, or [[unseen]] portion (of something).
2. {{lb|en|computing}} That part of a [[hardware]] or [[software]] [[system]] that is farthest from the [[user]]; the [[internal]]s rather than the [[user interface]].
3. {{lb|en|UK|_|dialectal|Northern England|Scotland}} The [[latter]] end of any given time, especially the latter part of the year; [[autumn]]; late autumn.
4. {{lb|en|entertainment|etc.}} Money paid on a contingent deferred basis, for example, as a [[proportion]] of the [[profit]]s or [[revenue]] of a work.
5. The [[process]]ing of [[spent]] [[fuel]] from a [[nuclear reactor]] into [[reusable]] materials.

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