Meanings
nounexco (plural excos)
plural excos
- informalExecutive committee or council.
Blatter said Asia and Africa were not democratically represented on the exco he has chaired as president since 1998.
2015 June 27, “Sepp Blatter says decision to leave Fifa was ‘liberating’”, in The Guardian1 more example
Debates within the Budget Council were described as taking place largely within the framework of treasury decisions but the implications of this were not lost on the provincial excos […]
2001, Norman Levy, Chris Tapscott, Intergovernmental Relations in South Africa
Origin
From the initial syllables.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 行會 /行会
- 行會 /行会executive committee or council
Finnish johtokunta
- johtokuntaexecutive committee or council
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APA
exco. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exco
MLA
“exco.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exco. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exco,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exco.
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