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)
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