"executive committee" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: executive committees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} executive committee (plural executive committees)
  1. (management) A subcommittee of a board authorized to make some decisions on behalf of the entire board. Categories (topical): Management Translations (subcommittee of a board): 專門小組 (Chinese Mandarin), 专门小组 (zhuānmén xiǎozǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), hovedbestyrelse [common-gender] (Danish), forretningskomité [common-gender] (Danish), työvaliokunta (Finnish), comissão executiva [feminine] (Portuguese), comitê executivo [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), comité executivo [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-executive_committee-en-noun-5NxWWZyo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Topics: management Disambiguation of 'subcommittee of a board': 99 1
  2. (government, politics, Quebec) the equivalent of the cabinet of ministers for a city government, serving the mayor. Tags: Quebec Categories (topical): Government, Politics Translations (the cabinet of ministers for a city government): выкана́ўчы камітэ́т (vykanáŭčy kamitét) [masculine] (Belarusian), изпълни́телен комите́т (izpǎlnítelen komitét) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 執行委員會 (Chinese Mandarin), 执行委员会 (zhíxíng wěiyuánhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), formandskab [neuter] (Danish), täitevkomitee (Estonian), kaupunginhallitus (Finnish), comité exécutif [masculine] (French), Vorstand [masculine] (German), Exekutivausschuss [masculine] (German), Exekutivkomitee [neuter] (German), 実行委員会 (jikkō iinkai) (alt: じっこういいんかい) (Japanese), formannskap [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), formannskap [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), komitet wykonawczy [masculine] (Polish), comitê executivo [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), comité executivo [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), comitet executiv [neuter] (Romanian), исполни́тельный комите́т (ispolnítelʹnyj komitét) [masculine] (Russian), исполко́м (ispolkóm) [masculine] (Russian), викона́вчий коміте́т (vykonávčyj komitét) [masculine] (Ukrainian), виконко́м (vykonkóm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-executive_committee-en-noun-IFgYffbT Categories (other): Quebec English Topics: government, politics Disambiguation of 'the cabinet of ministers for a city government': 1 99

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