executive

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A senior manager in a company who makes important decisions.

   The company's top executives met to discuss the merger.

2. 2
   adj

   Relating to managing an organisation, business, or country.

   She holds an executive role at a large bank.

3. 3
   noun

   The branch of government that enforces laws and runs the country day to day.

   In many countries, the executive is separate from the courts.

From Middle French executif, from Latin executivus, from Latin exsequi, from ex- ‘out’ + sequi ‘follow’.

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