Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. Dictionary
    Vice pres·i·dent
    /ˌvīs ˈprez(ə)dnt/

    noun

    • 1. an official or executive ranking below and deputizing for a president: "the vice president of the World Bank"
  2. People also ask

  3. May 17, 2024 · The meaning of VICE PRESIDENT is an officer next in rank to a president and usually empowered to serve as president in that officer's absence or disability. How to use vice president in a sentence.

  4. the elected official immediately below the president who is elected with the president every four years. A vice president is also a high-ranking employee in a company, usually one of several, in charge of a particular department: This is Jeff Walton, our VP of Finance.

  5. In government, a vice president is a person whose primary responsibility is to act in place of the president on the event of the president's death, resignation or incapacity. Vice presidents are either elected jointly with the president as their running mate, or more rarely, appointed independently after the president's election.

  6. At its most general level, vice president refers to someone who serves as a deputy to a president or serves as president in the president’s absence. In the U.S., the specific office of vice president is mentioned 26 times in the U.S. Constitution.

  7. The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession.

  8. 4 days ago · noun. an officer ranking immediately below a president and serving as his or her deputy. A vice president takes the president's place during his or her absence or incapacity, after his or her death, and in certain other circumstances. Abbreviation: VP, V. Pres.

  9. noun. an executive officer ranking immediately below a president; may serve in the president's place under certain circumstances. synonyms: V.P.

  1. People also search for