- connected with managing a business or an organization, and with making plans and decisions
- She has an executive position in a finance company.
- executive duties/jobs
- the executive dining room
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- having or using the power to put important laws and decisions into effect
- an executive vice-president/chairman/officer
- an executive producer/editor
- an executive committee/member
- Some members of the executive board are thought to be against the merger.
- Executive power is held by the president.
- expensive; for the use of somebody who is considered important
- an executive car/home
- an executive suite (= in a hotel)
- an executive lounge (= at an airport)
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin executivus, from exsequi, from ex- ‘out’ + sequi ‘follow’.
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