Betekenis van secretary In het Nederlands

• 0 someone who works in an office, writing letters, making phone calls, and arranging meetings for a person or for an organization:

  • My secretary will phone you to arrange a meeting.

• 1 the member of a committee of an organization, club, etc. who keeps records of meetings, sends letters, emails, etc.:

  • The three elected members of the committee are the chair, secretary, and treasurer.

• 2 an official who has responsibility for the general management of an organization:

  • The company secretary has written to all the shareholders to apologize for the mistake.

• 3 a Secretary of State :

  • the Foreign Secretary

  • the Home Secretary

  • the Secretary of Health and Human Services

• 4 a person who works in an office and prepares letters, keeps records, schedules meetings, and makes other arrangements for a particular person or for an organization

• 5 the head of a government department:

  • the Secretary of the Treasury

• 6 an official in an organization who is responsible for writing notes about what happens at meetings and sending official letters:

  • Freya is running for secretary of the student council.

• 7 someone who works in an office, writing letters, making telephone calls, organizing meetings, etc. for other people:

  • She works at the International Convention Centre as a secretary.

  • When I called, her secretary said she was in a meeting.

• 8 used in the names of some officials with particular responsibilities in some organizations:

  • The secretary takes the minutes of the meeting.

• 9 in the UK, a Member of Parliament or Member of the House of Lords who is in charge of a government department:

  • Energy/Home/Foreign Secretary

  • secretary of sth He is a member of the Efficiency Commission and a former secretary of commerce.

  • the Secretary of State for Health

• 10 in the US, the head of a government department appointed by the President:

  • Secretary of Defense

  • Defense/Commerce/Treasury Secretary