Backroom (Noun)
Meaning
The meeting place of a group of leaders who make their decisions via private negotiations.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The politicians slipped away to the backroom to hammer out a deal on the contentious issue.
- Many believed that the fate of the country was being decided in the backroom by a small coterie of powerful individuals.
- The trade agreements were negotiated in the backroom, far from the prying eyes of the press and the public.
- It was rumored that the CEOs of the major companies had met in a backroom at the conference to discuss a potential merger.
- After the public debate, the committee members retreated to the backroom to engage in closed-door negotiations.