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executive (iou)



executive adjective & noun. LME.
[medieval Latin executivus, from Latin execut-: see EXECUTE, -IVE.]
A. adjective.
Pertaining to execution; having the function of putting something into effect; spec. designating the branch of government that deals with putting into effect laws and judicial sentences. LME.
Gramophone Difficulties that appear to be as much executive as interpretational. New York Times This is the first time in the history of the Congress and the executive branch that we have worked out jointly an arms control proposal. National Observer (US) Executive editor of the Washington Post. Times Arrangements for the special constitutional assembly..are to be made by the party's executive committee.
Of or pertaining to the executive of a government. E19.
Executive Council Austral. a body presided over by the Governor-General or Governor and consisting of ministers of the Crown, which gives legal form to Cabinet decisions etc. executive officer (a) an officer with executive power; (b) (in naval vessels and some other military contexts) the officer who is second in command to the captain or commanding officer. executive privilege the privilege, claimed by the President for the executive branch of the US Government, of withholding information in the public interest. executive session US a private meeting (orig. of the Senate for executive business). executive toy an object, often decorative and with moving parts, designed for the amusement or relaxation of executives in the office.
Time Executive clemency if they were convicted was discussed with the President.
Apt or skilful in execution or performance. E19.
b. noun.
The executive branch of a government. L18.
Daily Telegraph Separation of powers between the legislature, the executive and the judiciary.
The person or persons in whom is vested the supreme executive authority of a country or state, esp. the US President (also called Chief Executive) or the Governor of a State of the US. L18.
Any group or body concerned with administration or management; the executive committee of an organization. M19.
Times The executive of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation..voted 19 to 1 to back the..pay-restraint package.
A person in an executive position in a business; a person skilled in executive or administrative work; a businessman, a businesswoman. E20.
executively adverb in execution, in performance; by the action of an executive: LME.