Definition of finite-by-nilpotent

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In group theory what are definitions of:

  1. finite-by-nilpotent,
  2. nilpotent-by-finite,
  3. abelian-by-finite,
  4. or in general: *-by- *?
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A group $G$ is called X-by-Y if it has a normal subgroup $N$ that belongs to the class X and the quotient $G/N$ belongs to the class Y.