Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An executive.
- noun The executive officer of a unit of the armed forces.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
executor .
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- noun informal
executive ,executive officer
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the chief executive department of the United States government
Etymologies
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Examples
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Things got out of hand and the police asked the label exec to tweet to the fans that the show is canceled and to go home.
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Nonetheless, he just might be the prototype for the label exec of the future.
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She's sick of people asking her where her album is so she says it to a label exec straight-up: "I feel like 'Move on Me' is a single, how 'bout it?"
Vh1 Blog 2010
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There is no such thing as a "standard contract" and if a label exec tells you that something in a contract is "standard language" run for the door.
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"There has been remarkably little pushback," a label exec said.
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It looked like a label exec made him do that, thinking it was a good idea.
SOHH Blogs 2009
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THAT'S WHY RAPPERS SOUND SO MUCH BETTER ON THEIR MIXTAPES ... they get to choose the beats, hooks, etc, not some label exec or whoever.
SOHH Blogs 2009
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The external agonies, provided by everyone from a label exec (Kim Gordon) to a chatty yellow pages salesman (real life Yellow Pages salesman Thadeus A. Thomas), are largely irrelevant to the elliptical narrative, but they have an aesthetic value that's critical to Van Sant's vision.
Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. 2009
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As you said, who would boot out an exec of a successful company to hire in an exec from a failing company? datingjesus
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The time-traveling exec is mistaken for Sancho Panza, Quixote's squire, and adventure ensues.
Terry Gilliam Looks To Robert Duvall For His Don Quixote » MTV Movies Blog 2009
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