relating to or having the power to put plans or actions into effect
the branch of a government responsible for putting decisions or laws into effect
a rule or order issued by the President to an executive branch of the government and having the force of law
a business executive who manages the interests of a particular client, typically in advertising
an international agreement, usually regarding routine administrative matters not warranting a formal treaty, made by the executive branch of the US government without ratification by the Senate
the privilege, claimed by the President for the executive branch of the US government, of withholding information in the public interest
a secretary with administrative responsibilities, especially one managing the business affairs and activities of an executive or an organization
a secret British military service during the Second World War, set up in 1940 to carry out clandestine operations and coordinate with resistance movements in Europe and later East Asia
(in Australia) a body presided over by the Governor General or Governor and consisting of ministers of the Crown, which gives legal form to cabinet decisions