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  • exec
    exec
    noun
    an executive, especially in business.
  • exec.
    exec.
    abbreviation
    executive.
Synonyms

exec

1 American  
[ig-zek] / ɪgˈzɛk /

noun

Informal.
  1. an executive, especially in business.


exec. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. executive.

  2. executor.


exec. British  

abbreviation

  1. executive

  2. executor

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of exec

First recorded in 1895–1900; by final shortening

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