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TERM OF THE DAY manager An individual who is in charge of a certain group of tasks, or a certain subset of a company. A manager often has a staff of people who report to him or her. As an example, a restaurant will often have a front-of-house manager who helps the patrons, and supervises the hosts; or a specific office project can have a manager, known simply as the project manager. Certain departments within a company designate their managers to be line managers, while others are known as staff managers, depending upon the function of the department. Learn more about this term Usage Example Most banks have a branch manager, who is in charge of hiring employees, attracting and building relationships with customers, and meeting objectives for a particular branch.

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