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executive definition

ex·ecu·tive (eg zekyo̵̅o̅ tiv, ig-; -yə-)

adjective

  1. of, capable of, or concerned with, carrying out duties, functions, etc. or managing affairs, as in a business organization
  2. empowered and required to administer (laws, government affairs, etc.); administrative
  3. of administrative or managerial personnel or functions

Etymology: ME < ML executivus < L executus: see executor

noun

  1. the person, group of people, or branch of government empowered and required to administer the laws and affairs of a nation
  2. any person whose function is to administer or manage affairs, as of a corporation, school, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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