exec
/ɪɡˈzɛk
/ /ɛɡˈzɛk/noun informal
An executive: top Hollywood execs...
- In the past, they say, he has held on to top execs long after they needed to be replaced.
- It was all part of some pre-dinner entertainment for a group of top execs and managers from a large retail chain.
- Six of the top 10 earning chief execs in the US run IT companies, according to Forbes.
Origin
Late 19th century: abbreviation.
Rhymes
- open-housed
- open housing
- open ice
- opening
- opening balance
- opening ceremony
- opening credits
- opening day
- opening gambit
- opening hours
- opening line
- opening machine
- opening medicine
- opening night
- opening out
- opening time
- opening up
- open interest
- open invitation
- open-jaw
- open jet
- open juncture
- open learning
- open-legged
- open letter