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
- descant recorder
- descant viol
- Descartes, René
- descend
- descendability
- descendable
- descendance
- descendancy
- descendant
- descendency
- descendent
- descendental
- descendentalism
- descender
- descendeur
- descendibility
- descendible
- descending colon
- descending diphthong
- descending node
- descending rhythm
- descension
- descensional
- descensive
- descensory