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Reporting line

/ˈrɔː.pɪŋ ˌlaɪn/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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2 senses
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  1. 1

    The channel through which an employee receives direction and is accountable to a manager or supervisor in an organizational hierarchy.

    "She discussed her career development goals with her manager up the reporting line."
  2. 2

    The graphic representation on an organizational chart showing supervisory relationships.

    "The restructuring changed the reporting lines for the engineering department."

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Derived from the combination of 'reporting' (from Old French 'rapporter', ultimately from Latin 'reportare') and 'line' (from Latin 'linea', meaning string or thread). The compound term emerged in twentieth-century corporate management terminology to describe the formal chain of command within organizational hierarchies.

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