26984 words

executor

3 definitions • 3 examples
1
someone who makes sure that things are done according to a dead person's will (= their legally recorded wishes about what should happen to their money, property, etc.):

Examples:

As executor, I tried to close my late mother's bank accounts.
He died in 2003 and his executors sold his estate to a farmer.
2
a person who deals with the wishes expressed in a will (= formal statement of what will happen to a dead person’s money and property)
3
someone who makes sure that things are done according to a dead person's will (= a document in which someone says who should have their money or property after they die):

Examples:

She died recently and I am an executor of her will.

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