Noun
A deputy to a president, often empowered to assume the position of president on their death or absence.
An executive in a business in charge of a department or branch.
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Vice President (plural Vice Presidents)
(US) The holder of the secondary office to the President of the United States, who is first in line of succession to the President, and also acts as presiding officer of the United States Senate.
vice-president (plural vice-presidents)
Alternative spelling of vice president
Vice-President (plural Vice-Presidents)
Alternative form of Vice President
vice-president
I suppose the implication of that is the president and the vice president and myself and Colin Powell just fell off a turnip truck to take these jobs. Donald Rumsfeld
A year ago, my approval rating was in the 30s, my nominee for the supreme court had just withdrawn, and my vice president had shot someone. Ah, those were the good old days. George W. Bush
I started at Pillsbury as a manager in one of their analysis functions, then worked my way up the corporate ladder to become vice president. Moving to Burger King was an important moment in my career. Herman Cain
From almost the first day they got into office, they (President Bush and Vice President Cheney) were trying to figure out how to get rid of Saddam Hussein. I'm not a psychiatrist - I don't know all of the reasons behind their concern, some might say their obsession. Hillary Clinton
Shortly after taking office in 1993, President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore called for a shift in American technology policy toward an expansion of public investments in partnerships with private industry. Lewis M. Branscomb
If Vice President Al Gore advocated killing rabbits to see if women are pregnant and called it a step forward for science, we'd all think he'd gone 'round the bend. We don't need to do that sort of thing anymore, we'd say. We have better, kinder ways. Ingrid Newkirk