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noun

Executive n.

An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body.

A person who has administrative authority over an organization or division of an organization; a manager, supervisor or administrator at a high level within an organization; as, all executives of the company were given stock options

adjective

Executive adj.

Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc. Note: In government, executive is distinguished from legislative and judicial; legislative being applied to the organ or organs of government which make the laws; judicial, to that which interprets and applies the laws; executive, to that which carries them into effect or secures their due performance.

Of or pertaining to an executive (2) or to the group of executives within an organization; as, executive compensation increased more rapidly than wages in the 1980's; the executive suite.

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Etymology of 'Executive'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Executive" Quotes from Famous Books

... strong inclination to superintend. In consequence, in my elated condition it was but natural that I should have an excess of executive impulses. In order to decrease this executive pressure I proceeded to assume entire charge of that portion of the hospital in which I happened at the moment to be confined. What I eventually issued as imperative orders were often presented at first as polite suggestions. ...

— A Mind That Found Itself - An Autobiography • Clifford Whittingham Beers

... inducted into the office of City Attorney, I was fairly launched upon a political career, exceeding in length of unbroken service that of any other public man in the country's history. In fact I never accepted but two executive appointments: the first was an unsought appointment by Abraham Lincoln, after he had become the central figure of his time, if not of all time; and, second, an appointment from President McKinley as chairman of the ...

— Fifty Years of Public Service • Shelby M. Cullom

... check-out point were not men he knew, but Halder walked through the ID-scanning band without incident, apparently without arousing interest. Beyond, to the left, was a wide one-way portal to a tube station. His aircar was in the executive parking area on the building's roof, but the escape plan called for both of them to abandon their private cars, which were more than likely to be traps, and use the public transportation systems in ...

— The Other Likeness • James H. Schmitz

... a Committee of the Honourable the Executive Council, approved by His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor, on the 18th day ...

— Metlakahtla and the North Pacific Mission • Eugene Stock

... parliament: a talk-room, where endless vague thoughts can be warmly expressed. This is the natural child of those primeval sessions that gave pleasure to apes. It is neither an ideal nor a rational arrangement, of course. Small executive committees would be better. But not if ...

— This Simian World • Clarence Day Jr.

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