account executive


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account executive

n.
A person, as in an advertising or a public relations firm, who manages clients' accounts.
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account executive

n
(Professions) an executive in an advertising agency or public relations firm who manages a client's account
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account′ exec`utive


n.
(in an advertising agency or other service business) the manager of a client's account.
[1940–45]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.account executive - someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service businessaccount executive - someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business
bourgeois, businessperson - a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
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