direct report

noun

An employee who is directly under the supervision of a particular manager.

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Meanings

noundirect report (plural direct reports)

plural direct reports

  1. businessAn employee who is directly under the supervision of a particular manager.

    The revelation that boss of one year Laurent Freixe was conducting an undisclosed affair with a direct report has rocked a 159-year-old conglomerate that pioneered infant formula and milk chocolate before growing to become the world's largest food and beverage company.

    2025 September 20, Madeleine Speed, Mercedes Ruehl, “The meltdown at Nestlé”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6

Translations

Finnish suora alainen
  • suora alainentype of employee
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APA

direct report. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/direct%20report

MLA

“direct report.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/direct%20report. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “direct report,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/direct%20report.

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