vice : Idioms & Phrases

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executive vice president

  • noun a vice president holding executive power
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senior vice president

  • noun the ranking vice president in a firm that has more than one
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Vice admiral

  • noun an admiral ranking below a full admiral and above a rear admiral
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  • . Cf. F. vice-amiral. (a) An officer holding rank next below an admiral. By the existing laws, the rank of admiral and vice admiral in the United States Navy will cease at the death of the present incumbents. (b) A civil officer, in Great Britain, appointed by the lords commissioners of the admiralty for exercising admiralty jurisdiction within their respective districts.
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Vice admiralty

  • the office of a vice admiral.
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vice chairman

  • noun one ranking below or serving in the place of a chairman
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Vice chamberlain

  • an officer in court next in rank to the lord chamberlain. Eng.
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Vice chancellor

  • noun a deputy or assistant to someone bearing the title of chancellor
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  • . (a) (Law) An officer next in rank to a chancellor. (b) An officer in a university, chosen to perform certain duties, as the conferring of degrees, in the absence of the chancellor. (c) (R. C. Ch.) The cardinal at the head of the Roman Chancery.
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Vice consul

  • cf. F. vice-consul, a subordinate officer, authorized to exercise consular functions in some particular part of a district controlled by a consul.
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vice crime

  • noun a vice that is illegal
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Vice king

  • one who acts in the place of a king; a viceroy.
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Vice legate

  • cf. F. vice-légat, a legate second in rank to, or acting in place of, another legate.
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Vice presidency

  • the office of vice president.
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Vice president

  • noun an executive officer ranking immediately below a president; may serve in the president's place under certain circumstances
    V.P..
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  • cf. F. vice-président, an officer next in rank below a president.
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vice president of the united states

  • noun the vice president of the United States who presides over the United States Senate
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vice squad

  • noun a police group to enforce laws against gambling and prostitution
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vice versa

  • adverb with the order reversed
    contrariwise; the other way around.
    • she hates him and vice versa
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Vice-admiralty court

  • a court with admiralty jurisdiction, established by authority of Parliament in British possessions beyond the seas. Abbott.
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vice-presidency

  • noun the tenure of a vice president
    vice-presidency.
  • noun the office and function of a vice president
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vice-presidential

  • adjective relating to a vice president or vice-presidency
    • Vice-presidential debates
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vice-presidential term

  • noun the tenure of a vice president
    vice-presidency.
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vice-regal

Vice`-re"gal adjective
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  1. Of or pertaining to a viceroy or viceroyalty. Macaulay.
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vice-regent

  • noun a regent's deputy
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