top executive

collocation in English

meaningsoftopandexecutive

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top
adjective[before noun]
uk
/tɒp/us
/tɑːp/
at the highest part ...
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executive
noun[C]
uk
/ɪɡˈzek.jə.tɪv/us
/ɪɡˈzek.jə.t̬ɪv/
someone in a high position, especially in business, who makes decisions and puts them ...
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(Definition oftopandexecutivefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I code 1 for a candidate if he or she is a celebrity, millionaire, real estate developer, business owner, president ortopexecutiveof a company and so on.
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Speaking as mytopexecutive, this has been a problem to us because we cannot sell these people very much.
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I submit that the man who delivers the mail is as important as thetopexecutive.
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Atopexecutivein a big industrial company today is really a co-ordinator.
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I wish to raise the question oftopexecutivesalaries that top directors of companies pay themselves and the need for them to show self-restraint.
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Thetopexecutivehas to resist it.
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If atopexecutiveis working on a percentage basis, will he be keen to increase his income if he knows that it is to be publicised?
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Some people have said that it is advisable to go forward with mergers because this enables scarcetopexecutivebrains to be used in the management of larger organisations.
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I am very satisfied with what my noble friend said about his position as a director, in title and as a member of thetopexecutive.
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Once a man is over 45 he usually finds that he is stuck with his old firm, unless he is atopexecutivewith rather exceptional bargaining powers.
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He continues still the likeable, almost endearingly cocksure apprentice hoisted into the seat of thetopexecutive40 months ago, still blissfully unabashed by the hash he is making.
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Nine years is not a long period, and it is ludicrous to drive away atopexecutiveat what may be the most productive period of his career.
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The owner is atopexecutiveof a large engineering company and the house is in a road which used to be a highly attractive residential quarter.
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Today it is necessary to pay atopexecutiveabout £20,000 a year to leave him with a net income of comparable purchasing power to an income of £10,000 in 1960.
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In 1972, the gross average wage per employee was no higher than £27 a week—and that average included the salaries paid at management andtopexecutivelevel.
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From the dashboard of a dilapidated taxi to the plush office of atopexecutive, holy symbols or idols have their place.
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It is fairly easy for atopexecutiveto reduce the price of his/her company's stock - due to information asymmetry.
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He is atopexecutiveof a company and lives a bachelor lifestyle.
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Not all for profit companies used short term financial incentives at levels below the president or verytopexecutivelevels.
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He is best known for helpingtopexecutivetalent climb the ladder.
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