account executive

noun

: a business executive (as in an advertising agency) responsible for dealing with a client's account

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Recent data from my company shows that only 9% of companies plan for over 90% of their account executives to achieve their quota. —

Arnab Mishra, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024 Daisy Kent, a 25-year-old account executive from Becker, Minn., expressed doubts regarding her relationship with Graziadei. —

Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 26 Mar. 2024 Focus on scaling your account executives and securing new customers before worrying about renewals. —

Amit Ashkenazi, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024 Two Democrats in Austin, Keith McPhail, a media industry account executive, and Theresa Boisseau, a real estate broker and former teacher, are seeking their party's nomination. —

Hogan Gore, Austin American-Statesman, 20 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for account executive

Word History

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of account executive was in 1931

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account for (someone or something)

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