chief operating officer

noun

A corporate officer of a corporation, company, or agency, responsible for executing decisions of the chief executive officer (CEO) according to their decided schedule.

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COOchief executive officerCEO
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Meanings

nounchief operating officer (plural chief operating officers)

plural chief operating officers

  1. businessA corporate officer of a corporation, company, or agency, responsible for executing decisions of the chief executive officer (CEO) according to their decided schedule.

    Synonyms: COO

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA corporate officer of a corporation, company, or agency, responsible for executing decisions of the chief executive officer (CEO) according to their decided schedule.

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COO

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)

Similar
chief executive officerCEO
Broader
corporate executivebusiness executive
Also see
ceochief executive officer

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 營運長 /营运长
  • 營運長 /营运长 (yíngyùnzhǎng)a corporate officer responsible for executing decisions of CEO
Dutch operationeel directeur, COO
  • operationeel directeura corporate officer responsible for executing decisions of CEO
  • COOa corporate officer responsible for executing decisions of CEO
Finnish operatiivinen johtaja
  • operatiivinen johtajaa corporate officer responsible for executing decisions of CEO
French directeur de l’exploitation
  • directeur de l’exploitationa corporate officer responsible for executing decisions of CEO
Irish príomhoifigeach oibriúcháin
  • príomhoifigeach oibriúcháina corporate officer responsible for executing decisions of CEO
Japanese 最高執行責任者
  • 最高執行責任者 (saikō shikkō sekinin-sha)a corporate officer responsible for executing decisions of CEO
Polish dyrektor operacyjny
  • dyrektor operacyjnya corporate officer responsible for executing decisions of CEO
Russian директор по производству
  • директор по производству (direktor po proizvodstvu)a corporate officer responsible for executing decisions of CEO
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Chicago

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