Executors: meaning, definitions and examples

This is the plural form of 'executor', used when referring to multiple individuals appointed to carry out the terms of a will.

• The executors of the will are responsible for distributing the assets equally.
• Both executors agreed to sell the property.

Can be used in both general and legal contexts to describe a person who manages or oversees operations, often when no specific will has been left.

• The court appointed an administrator to handle the estate.
• She works as an administrator in the healthcare industry.

General term for someone who acts on behalf of another person or group, suitable in various contexts including legal, business, and diplomatic settings.

• She was chosen as the company's representative for the conference.
• The legal representative handled all the client’s court matters.

Used primarily in contexts involving trusts, where a trustee is someone appointed to manage and administer the assets placed in a trust for the benefit of another person or entity.

• The trustee is responsible for ensuring the trust's funds are managed properly.
• She was named trustee of the family trust.

Same as above, repeated word likely was a typographical error.

In programming or project management, used to describe a component or person that is responsible for executing tasks.

• The task executor handles the assignment of new jobs in queue.
• Our software uses a task executor to distribute workloads efficiently.

Specific to computer science and concurrent programming, referring to a collection of pre-instantiated threads that are used to execute tasks.

• We implemented a thread pool to manage multiple simultaneous requests.
• Using a thread pool significantly improved the system's performance under load.