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# executor

«executor» in Mova's school dictionary: **the person named in a will to carry out what it says…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an executor, executors)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (law) An executor is the person named in a will to carry out what it says after the person who made it has died: sharing out money and things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executor/#m1)

2) (formal) A person who carries out a plan or task. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executor/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Adult life as a child sees it (a relative sorting out Grandpa's things after he passed away), law and money lessons (wills, inheritance).

### examples

- Aunt Jane is the executor of Grandpa's will. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executor/#x1)
- The executor shared out the money as the will said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executor/#x2)
- Mum was chosen as executor because she is careful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executor/#x3)
- The executor sold the house and paid the bills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executor/#x4)
- You should pick an executor you trust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executor/#x5)
- The executor read the will to the family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executor/#x6)

### note

Pronounced ig-ZEK-yu-tor. It comes from «execute» in its sense «carry out», not the sense «kill». Related: will, inheritance, heir.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «executor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.