Chairman
11chairman — (or chairwoman) ► NOUN ▪ a person in charge of a meeting or organization …
12chairman — (also chairperson) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ board, campaign (AmE), club, commission, committee, company, party ▪ She is married to a company chairman …
13chairman — / tʃeəmən/ noun a person who presides over the board meetings of a company ● the chairman of the board or the company chairman ♦ the chairman’s report, the chairman’s statement an annual report from the chairman of a company to the shareholders… …
14chairman — chair|man W1S3 [ˈtʃeəmən US ˈtʃer ] n plural chairmen [ mən] 1.) someone, especially a man, who is in charge of a meeting or directs the work of a committee or an organization →↑chairwoman chairman of ▪ Potts was appointed chairman of the… …
15chairman — [[t]tʃe͟ə(r)mən[/t]] ♦♦ chairmen 1) N COUNT: oft with poss The chairman of a committee, organization, or company is the head of it. Glyn Ford is chairman of the Committee which produced the report... I had done business with the company s… …
16chairman — Used to address the person who is in charge of a formal meeting. When that person is a man, ‘Mr Chairman’ is commonly used. Some speakers would continue to use ‘Chairman’, and perhaps even ‘Mr Chairman’, to a woman who was running a meeting.… …
17chairman — n. 1) a department(al) chairman 2) chairman of the board USAGE NOTE: BE usu. has department head, head of (the) department. * * * [ tʃeəmən] a departmental chairman chairman of the board (USAGE NOTE: BE usu. has department head, head of (the)… …
18chairman */*/*/ — UK [ˈtʃeə(r)mən] / US [ˈtʃermən] noun [countable] Word forms chairman : singular chairman plural chairmen UK [ˈtʃeə(r)mən] / US [ˈtʃermən] a) the person who is in charge of a meeting or committee. Many people prefer to say chair or chairperson,… …
19Chairman — Chair|man 〈[tʃɛ:rmæn] m.; s, men [ mən]〉 Vorsitzender [<engl. chair „Sitz“ + man „Mann“, nach dem großen Stuhl, auf dem der Vorsitzende des engl. Oberhauses sitzt] * * * Chair|man [ t̮ʃɛ:ɐ̯mən , …mɛn ], der; , …men […mən] [engl. chairman, zu:… …
20Chairman — An executive elected by a company s board of directors that is responsible for presiding over board or committee meetings. The chairman ensures that the meetings run smoothly and remain orderly, and works at achieving a consensus in board… …
