Lexic.us

Definition of Manager

1. Noun. Someone who controls resources and expenditures.

2. Noun. (sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team.

Definition of Manager

1. n. One who manages; a conductor or director; as, the manager of a theater.

Definition of Manager

1. Noun. (management) A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team. ¹

2. Noun. (baseball) The head coach. ¹

3. Noun. (music) An administrator, for a singer or group. ¹

4. Noun. (computer software) A window whose purpose is to give the user the control over some aspect of the software. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Manager

1. one that manages [n -S] - See also: manages

Lexicographical Neighbors of Manager

management activities management area management audit management consultant management consulting management control management cybernetics management indicator species management information systems management personnel

management plan management quality circles managemental managementese managements manager (current term) managerese manageress manageresses managerial

managerialism managerially managerless managers managership managerships managery manages managing managing director

Literary usage of Manager

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"215-17, San Francisco 1915) ; Man- del, AM, 'Budgetary Procedure under the manager Form of City Government' (in 'Annals of the American Academy of Political ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"City manager plan—Continued City manager progress during 1916. Nat Munie R 6:242-5 Mr '17 Commission manager government in San José, Cal. R. С. Brooks. ..."

3. A Model City Charter: With Home Rule Provisions Recommended for the State (1922)
"The City manager. The city manager shall be the chief executive officer of the ... During the absence or disability of the city manager the council shall ..."

4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1911)
"In one way the progressive manager who has something to sell keeps his store ... If a manager advertises in one or two papers that circulate among the class ..."

5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"The execution of a contract for advertising, on behalf of an ordinary mercantile corporation, purporting to be signed by one as general manager, ..."

6. The works of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens (1891)
"CAREER the manager sat at his desk, smooth and soft as usual, ... The post had come in heavy that morning, and Mr. Carker the manager had a good deal to do. ..."

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