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ex⋅e⋅cu⋅tion

  [ek-si-kyoo-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act or process of executing.
2. the state or fact of being executed.
3. the infliction of capital punishment or, formerly, of any legal punishment.
4. the process of performing a judgment or sentence of a court: The judge stayed execution of the sentence pending appeal.
5. a mode or style of performance; technical skill, as in music: The pianist's execution of the sonata was consummate.
6. effective, usually destructive action, or the result attained by it (usually prec. by do): The grenades did rapid execution.
7. Law. a judicial writ directing the enforcement of a judgment.
8. Computers. the act of running, or the results of having run, a program or routine, or the performance of an instruction.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME execucioun < L execūtiōn- (s. of execūtiō). See executive, -ion

Related forms:
ex⋅e⋅cu⋅tion⋅al, adjective
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Word Origin & History

execution 
c.1360, from O.Fr. execution, from L. executionem agent noun from exequi "follow out," from ex- "out" + sequi "follow" (see sequel). Sense of "act of putting to death" is from M.E. legal phrases such as don execution of deth "carry out a sentence of death." Literal meaning "action of carrying something into effect" is from c.1374. John McKay, coach of the woeful Tampa Bay Buccaneers (U.S. football team), when asked by a reporter what he thought of his team's execution, replied, "I think it would be a good idea." Executor and executioner were formerly used indifferently, since both are carrying out legal orders; the latter in the sense of "headsman" is from 1561.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

execution

The consummation of a security trade.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: ex·e·cu·tion
Pronunciation: "ek-si-'kyü-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the act or process of executing execution of the will>
2 : a putting to death as fulfillment of a judicial death sentence
3 : the process of enforcing a judgment (as against a debtor); also : a judicial writ (as fieri facias) by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect —see also LEVY
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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