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direct reports

direct reports is the plural of direct report.

Meaning of direct report

Noun

direct report (plural direct reports)

  1. An employee who is directly under the supervision of a particular manager.
    • The revelation that boss of one year Laurent Freixe was conducting an undisclosed affair with a direct report has rocked a 159-year-old conglomerate that pioneered infant formula and milk chocolate before growing to become the world's largest food and beverage company.2025 September 20, Madeleine Speed, Mercedes Ruehl, “The meltdown at Nestlé”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6

Questions about direct reports

What is direct reports the plural of?
Direct reports is the plural of direct report.

Words near direct reports in the dictionary

  1. direct red card
  2. direct red cards
  3. direct registering
  4. direct repeat
  5. direct report
  6. direct reports
  7. direct response
  8. direct rule
  9. direct selling
  10. direct sequel
  11. direct sequels

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