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
- well meant
- well-measured
- well-meated
- well-merited
- well-met
- well-metalled
- well-mettled
- well-minded
- well-mingled
- well-mixed
- well-modeled
- well-modelled
- well-modulated
- well-moneyed
- well-moralized
- well-motivated
- well-motived
- well-moulded
- well-mounted
- well-mouthed
- well-named
- well-natured
- well-near
- wellness
- well-nigh