senior (noun)
11senior common room — noun : a common room at a British college reserved for the use of fellows and members of the teaching staff * * * ˌsenior ˈcommon room 7 [senior common room] noun (abbr. SCR) (BrE) a room used for social ac …
12senior management — ➔ management * * * senior management UK US noun [U] WORKPLACE, MANAGEMENT ► managers at the highest level of a company or organization, considered as a group: »The company s senior management is considering a listing on one of several other stock …
13senior staff — ➔ staff1 * * * senior staff UK US noun [U] WORKPLACE, MANAGEMENT ► the managers, or the most important managers, in an organization, rather than ordinary employees: »Some City firms have begun to pay their senior staff a basic taxed wage. →… …
14senior bondholder — ➔ bondholder * * * senior bondholder UK US noun [C] FINANCE ► a person or organization that owns bonds in a company and that will be paid back before others if it goes bankrupt → Compare JUNIOR BONDHOLDER(Cf. ↑junior bondholde …
15senior debenture — ➔ debenture * * * senior debenture UK US noun [C] FINANCE ► a type of bond that will be paid back by a company that goes bankrupt before other bonds are paid back → Compare JUNIOR DEBENTURE(Cf. ↑junior debenture) …
16senior notes — ➔ note1 * * * senior notes UK US noun [plural] FINANCE ► a type of loan that a company that goes bankrupt will pay back before others that are owed money have been paid …
17senior — late 13c., from L. senior older, comparative of senex (gen. senis) old, from PIE root *sen (see SENILE (Cf. senile)). Original use in English was as addition to a personal name when father and son had the same name; meaning higher in rank, longer …
18senior moralist — noun Etymology: senior (II) : a student obtaining the highest honors in the moral sciences tripos at Cambridge University compare senior classic, senior wrangler …
19senior optime — noun : a student in the optime class at Cambridge University * * * senior optime see ↑optime • • • Main Entry: ↑senior * * * senior optime, British. an optime placed in the second class …
20senior wrangler — noun Etymology: senior (II) : a student obtaining the highest honors in the mathematical tripos at Cambridge University and ranking first among the wranglers compare senior classic, senior moralist …
