ex·ec·u·tive 
(ĭg-zĕkyə-tĭv)
(ĭg-zĕkyə-tĭv)n.
1. A person or group having administrative or managerial authority in an organization.
2. The chief officer of a government, state, or political division.
3. The branch of government charged with putting into effect a country's laws and the administering of its functions.
4. Computers A set of coded instructions designed to process and control other coded instructions.
adj.
1. Of, relating to, capable of, or suited for carrying out or executing: an advisory body lacking executive powers.
2. Having, characterized by, or relating to administrative or managerial authority: the executive director of a drama troupe; executive experience and skills.
3. Of or relating to the branch of government charged with the execution and administration of the nation's laws.
[Middle English, to be carried out, from Old French exécutif, from executer, to carry out; see EXECUTE.]
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