man|age|able /mæ n I dʒəb ə l/ ADJ Something that is manageable is of a size, quantity, or level of difficulty that people are able to deal with. □ He will now try to cut down the task to a manageable size. □ The present flow of refugees was manageable.
man|age|ment ◆◆◇ /mæ n I dʒmənt/ (managements )
1 N‑UNCOUNT Management is the control and organizing of a business or other organization. □ The zoo needed better management rather than more money. □ [+ of ] The dispute is about wages, working conditions and the management of the mining industry. □ …the responsibility for its day-to-day management.
2 N‑VAR [with sing or pl verb] You can refer to the people who control and organize a business or other organization as the management . [BUSINESS ] □ The management is doing its best to improve the situation. □ We need to get more women into top management.
3 N‑UNCOUNT Management is the way people control different parts of their lives. □ [+ of ] …her management of her professional life. □ …intelligent money management, for example paying big bills monthly where possible.
ma n|age|ment bu y|out (management buyouts ) N‑COUNT A management buyout is the buying of a company by its managers. The abbreviation MBO is also used. [BUSINESS ] □ Of the first three franchises to be awarded, two went to management buyouts led by former BR executives.
ma n|age|ment con|su lt|ant (management consultants ) N‑COUNT A management consultant is someone whose job is to advise companies on the most efficient ways to run their business. [BUSINESS ] □ …a leading firm of management consultants.
man|ag|er ◆◆◇ /mæ n I dʒə r / (managers )
1 N‑COUNT A manager is a person who is responsible for running part of or the whole of a business organization. □ The chef, staff and managers are all Chinese. □ …a retired bank manager.
2 N‑COUNT The manager of a pop star or other entertainer is the person who looks after their business interests.
3 N‑COUNT The manager of a sports team is the person responsible for training the players and organizing the way they play. In American English, manager is only used for baseball; in other sports, coach is used instead. SYNONYMS manager NOUN 1
supervisor: She has a full-time job as a supervisor at a factory.
head: He was the head waiter.
director: He works as the director of the intensive care unit at Guy's Hospital.
boss: He cannot stand his boss.
man|ag|er|ess /mæ n I dʒəre s/ (manageresses ) N‑COUNT The manageress of a shop, restaurant, or other small business is the woman who is responsible for running it. Some women object to this word and prefer to be called a 'manager'. □ [+ of ] …the manageress of a betting shop.
mana|gerial /mæ n I dʒ I ə ri ə l/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Managerial means relating to the work of a manager. □ …his managerial skills. □ …a managerial career. □ Some see themselves as the provider of ideas, while others view their role as essentially managerial.
ma n|ag|ing di|re c|tor (managing directors ) N‑COUNT The managing director of a company is the most important working director, and is in charge of the way the company is managed. The abbreviation MD is also used. [mainly BRIT , BUSINESS ] in AM, usually use chief executive officer
man|da|rin /mæ ndər I n/ (mandarins )
1 N‑COUNT Journalists sometimes use mandarin to refer to someone who has an important job in the Civil Service. [BRIT ] □ …Foreign Office mandarins.
2 N‑UNCOUNT Mandarin is the official language of China.
3 N‑COUNT A mandarin or a mandarin orange is a small orange whose skin comes off easily.
4 N‑COUNT A mandarin was, in former times, an important government official in China.
man|date /mæ nde I t/ (mandates , mandating , mandated )
1 N‑COUNT [N to-inf] If a government or other elected body has a mandate to carry out a particular policy or task, they have the authority to carry it out as a result of winning an election or vote. □ [+ for ] The President and his supporters are almost certain to read this vote as a mandate for continued economic reform.
2 N‑COUNT [oft N to-inf] If someone is given a mandate to carry out a particular policy or task, they are given the official authority to do it. □ How much longer does the independent prosecutor have a mandate to pursue this investigation?
3 N‑COUNT [usu with poss] You can refer to the fixed length of time that a country's leader or government remains in office as their mandate . [FORMAL ] □ …his intention to leave politics once his mandate ends.
4 VERB [usu passive] When someone is mandated to carry out a particular policy or task, they are given the official authority to do it. [FORMAL ] □ [be V -ed to-inf] He'd been mandated by the West African Economic Community to go in and to enforce a ceasefire. □ [be V -ed] The elections are mandated by a peace accord signed by the government last May.
5 VERB To mandate something means to make it mandatory. [AM ] □ [V n] The proposed initiative would mandate a reduction of carbon dioxide of 40%. □ [V that] Quebec mandated that all immigrants send their children to French schools. □ [V -ed] …constitutionally mandated civil rights.
man|da|tory /mæ ndətri Am -tɔːri/
1 ADJ If an action or procedure is mandatory , people have to do it, because it is a rule or a law. [FORMAL ] □ …the mandatory retirement age of 65. □ Attendance is mandatory.