"C-suite" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: C-suites [plural]
Etymology: From C in chief + suite. Head templates: {{en-noun}} C-suite (plural C-suites)
  1. (management) The group of officers of a business organization who have the word "chief" in their titles. Categories (topical): Management Translations (those with "chief" in their business titles): diretor [masculine] (Portuguese), топ-ме́неджмент (top-ménedžment) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-C-suite-en-noun-cuQpEkLM Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Topics: management Disambiguation of 'those with "chief" in their business titles': 77 23
  2. (management) Senior headquarters executives. Categories (topical): Management
    Sense id: en-C-suite-en-noun-nhe2t-Ah Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 78 Topics: management
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: C-level
Hyponyms: chief customer officer, chief executive officer, chief experience officer, chief financial officer, chief operating officer, chief information officer, chief technology officer, chief compliance officer, chief data officer, chief risk officer, chief security officer, chief strategy officer, chief marketing officer, chief accounting officer, chief scientific officer, chief learning officer, chief legal officer, chief behavioral officer, chief human resources officer, chief audit officer, chief information security officer, chief diversity officer, chief design officer, CXO

Inflected forms

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