Meanings
nounstack ranking (uncountable)
- uncountablebusinessThe act or process of creating a stack rank.
Stack ranking had come into fashion after GE CEO Jack Welch used a similar system, called rank-and-yank, to turn around that company in the 1980s and 1990s.
2015 January 2, Nicholas Carlson, “The Day Marissa Mayer's Honeymoon At Yahoo Ended”, in Business Insider, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2022
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of stack rank
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APA
stack ranking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stack%20ranking
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“stack ranking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stack%20ranking. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stack ranking,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stack%20ranking.
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