Definition of executive branch Executive branch
We found 4 definitions of executive branch from 4 different sources.
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What does executive branch mean?
WordNet
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| executive branch - the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws | ||
| Executive Office of the President | ||
| subdivision, arm, branch the act of subdividing; division of something previously divided | ||
| u.s. government, united states government, us government, u.s., united states the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States | ||
| aec, atomic energy commission a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States | ||
| manhattan project code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II | ||
| executive department a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States | ||
| executive agency an agency of the executive branch of government | ||
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Wiktionary 
- executive branch (Noun)
The branch of government that oversees the carrying out of the laws.
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executive branch
The commissioned and working officers of the ship, as distinguished from the civilian branch.
Wikipedia 
- The "Executive Branch" is the legal partition of a nation or a state government. It is headed up by the executive sometimes refered to as the "Chief" executive, as the root word suggests it "executes" or acts to enforce the laws assigned to it by an applicable Constitution. In as much as it is a branch of a government the laws over which the executive resides are carried out by his subordinates either who themselves oversee various bureaucracies.
