| 单词 |
expeditor |
| 释义 |
expeditor, n. (Formerly at expedite v.)|ˈɛkspɪdaɪtə(r)|
Also expediter.
[f. expedite v. + -or: see also -er1.]
One who or that which expedites; spec. in Comm. (orig. U.S.), a person employed to ensure that a commercial assignment is performed efficiently, esp. by overseeing the progress of work or the movement of goods.
1891Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Oct. 1/3 Expediter of the business of the House. 1942Aviation July 122 The mass production technique developed within the aircraft industry incorporates a degree of flexibility heretofore unknown... The expediter department..is a by-product of this new production technique. Ibid. 124 The expeditor immediately telephoned the airfield, cancelling delivery flights until the red spot had been painted out of all insignia. 1957Clark & Gottfried University Dict. Business & Finance (1967) 142/1 A materials expediter engaged by a manufacturer checks on the delivery schedules of suppliers,..follows the goods while they are in transit, etc. 1976Drum (E. Afr. ed.) Sept. 28/5, I am a Zambian male aged 28, single and working on the mines as an expeditor. 1986Daily Tel. 26 Aug. 13/5 A reader holidaying on Dartmoor has been watching his hotel noticeboard which was taken over at the weekend by the ‘expeditors’ of one of those highly-organised American package tours. |
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