exco

English

Etymology

From the initial syllables.

Noun

exco (plural excos)

1. (informal) executive committee or council
   • 2001, Norman Levy, Chris Tapscott, Intergovernmental Relations in South Africa

     Debates within the Budget Council were described as taking place largely within the framework of treasury decisions but the implications of this were not lost on the provincial excos […]

   • 2015 June 27, “Sepp Blatter says decision to leave Fifa was ‘liberating’”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Blatter said Asia and Africa were not democratically represented on the exco he has chaired as president since 1998.

Anagrams

• Coxe