executive

Universal Words noun, adjective noun 1 [C] a person who has an important job as a manager of a company or an organization: advertising / business / sales executives * a chief / senior / top executive in a computer firm 2 [C+sing./pl.v.] a group of people who run a company or an organization: The union's executive has / have yet to reach a decision. 3 (the executive) [sing.+sing./pl.v.] the part of a government responsible for putting laws into effect compareJUDICIARY, LEGISLATURE adjective [onlybeforenoun] 1 connected with managing a business or an organization, and with making plans and decisions: She has an executive position in a finance company. * executive decisions / duties / jobs / positions * the executive dining room 2 having the power to put important laws and decisions into effect: executive authority * an executive board / body / committee / officer * Executive power is held by the president. 3 expensive; for the use of sb who is important: an executive car * an executive suite (= in a hotel) * an executive lounge (= at an airport)