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BUSINESS EXECUTIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An executive in a business corporation
Synonyms:
business executive; corporate executive
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("business executive" is a kind of...):
executive; executive director (a person responsible for the administration of a business)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "business executive"):
chairman of the board (the chairman of the board of directors of a corporation)
CEO; chief executive officer; chief operating officer (the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president))
CFO; chief financial officer (the corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm)
insider (an officer of a corporation or others who have access to private information about the corporation's operations)
president (an executive officer of a firm or corporation)
