executive class

American  

noun

1. business class.

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Other Word Forms

• executive-class adjective

Etymology

Origin of executive class

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

That’s what makes the Rockies the Holy Grail for the math wonks and Ivy League whiz kids who make up baseball’s executive class.

From The Wall Street Journal

The centerpiece of his line soon became an executive class “power suit” with broad shoulders and narrow hips to recall Cary Grant in the 1940s.

From Los Angeles Times

None of this means that the striking writers and actors are wrong to point out the inequities in compensation of the rank-and-file versus the executive class.

From Los Angeles Times

Ironman XC began in 2009, or more accurately it was rebooted and rebranded from a program called the CEO Challenge, Ironman’s original attempt to capitalize on the executive class’s booming interest in the sport.

From New York Times

Hardly anyone got a pay raise in 2020 as the pandemic savaged the economy—except those in the Executive Class—while in 2021 modest pay raises for the hoi polloi were widespread.

From Salon