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executive
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[ noun ] a person responsible for the administration of a business
Synonyms Used in print (John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)We find too many sales and marketing executives so burdened with detail that they are short-changing planning . (U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)Indeed , as already noted , the Court proceeded on the assumption that the executives involved in the dealings between du_Pont and General_Motors acted `` honorably and fairly '' and exercised their business judgment only to serve what they deemed the best interests of their own companies . (Richard S. Prather, "The Bawdy Beautiful," Cavalier...)Present at the scene - in_addition to the dead man , who was indeed Louis_Thor - had been Thor 's partner Bill_Blake , and Antony_Rose , an advertising_agency executive who handled the ZING account . |
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[ adjective ] having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc.
Examples "the executive branch" Used in print (John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)The change may require different products , pricing , packaging , warehousing , salesmanship , advertising and executive attention - practically every link in the marketing network may have to be adjusted . (U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)However , it determined that neither this factor , nor `` the fact that all concerned in high executive posts in both companies acted honorably and fairly , each in the honest conviction that his actions were in the best interests of his own company and without any design to overreach anyone , including du_Pont 's competitors '' , 353_U._S._,_at_607 , outweighed the Government 's claim for relief . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (government) persons who administer the law
Used in print (Morton A. Kaplan and Nicholas de B. Katzenbach,...)The legislative mills have been grinding ever since , and when its cumbersome processes were no_longer adequate_to the task , a limited legislative authority was delegated in one form or another , to the executive . |
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[ noun ] (government) someone who manages a government agency or department
Synonyms Related terms head commissioner Secretary_General triumvir prefect peter_stuyvesant raffles dci administer |
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