CEO | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of CEO in English CEOnoun [ C ] uk /ˌsiː.iːˈəʊ/ us /ˌsiː.iːˈoʊ/ Add to word list Add to word list abbreviation for chief executive officer : the person with the most important position in a company Bosses & managers

• absentee owner
• active partner
• administration
• anti-boss
• anti-management
• co-partner
• co-president
• comptroller
• coo
• coordinator
• headship
• hierarchy
• incident commander
• industrialist
• layer
• self-governing
• silent partner
• slave driver
• sleeping partner
• subdirector

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CEO | American Dictionary

CEOnoun [ C ] Add to word list Add to word list abbreviation for chief executive officer (Definition of CEO from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

CEO | Business English

CEOnoun [ C ] uk /ˌsiːiːˈəʊ/ us Add to word list Add to word list MANAGEMENT, WORKPLACE abbreviation for Chief Executive Officer: the main person responsible for managing a company, who is sometimes also the company's president or chairman of the board: Selling and Administrative units are headed-up by Senior Vice Presidents who report directly to the CEO. (Definition of CEO from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of CEO?

Translations of CEO

in Chinese (Traditional) 執行長（chief executive officer的縮寫）… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 首席执行官（chief executive offier的缩写）… See more in Spanish forma abreviada de "chief executive officer":, presidente, presidenta… See more in Portuguese forma abreviada de "chief executive officer":, diretor executivo, diretora executiva… See more in Turkish in French in Japanese in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian bir şirkette en üst düzey yönetici, CEO (baş yönetici, Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı)… See more directeur [masculine] général, PDG… See more 最高経営責任者（さいこう けいえい せきにんしゃ）… See more hoofddirecteur… See more výkonný ředitel… See more administrerende direktør, adm. dir.… See more direktur perusahaan… See more ผู้บริหารสูงสุด… See more chủ tịch tập đoàn… See more prezes, dyrektor (naczelny), dyrektor naczelny… See more verkställande direktör, vd… See more ketua pegawai eksekutif… See more der Geschäftsführer… See more administrerende direktør [masculine], adm. dir. (administrerende direktør)… See more головний виконавчий директор… See more Need a translator?

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