(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
An ~ is someone who is employed by a business at a senior level. Executives decide what the business should do, and ensure that it is done.
...an advertising ~.
...Her husband is a senior bank ~.
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2.
The ~ sections and tasks of an organization are concerned with the making of decisions and with ensuring that decisions are carried out.
A successful job search needs to be as well organised as any other ~ task...
I don’t envisage I will take an ~ role, but rather become a consultant on merchandise and marketing.
ADJ: ADJ n
3.
Executive goods are expensive goods designed or intended for ~s and other people at a similar social or economic level.
...an ~ briefcase.
...~ cars.
ADJ: ADJ n
4.
The ~ committee or board of an organization is a committee within that organization which has the authority to make decisions and ensures that these decisions are carried out.
He sits on the ~ committee that manages Lloyds...
...the ~ of the National Union of Students.
N-SING: the N, N n
5.
The ~ is the part of the government of a country that is concerned with carrying out decisions or orders, as opposed to the part that makes laws or the part that deals with criminals.
The government, the ~ and the judiciary are supposed to be separate...
The matter should be resolved by the ~ branch of government.
N-SING: the N, N n