Meaning & use
branch manager
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Meanings
nouncountable
the person in charge of one local office or shop of a larger company.
Grammar: Countable and used with a/an or the: she is a branch manager; the branch manager called a meeting.
Patterns
- branch manager of something
- a branch manager at something
- the branch manager for something
She was promoted to branch manager after ten years as a cashier.
The branch manager apologized to customers for the long queues.
He is the branch manager of our biggest store in the north.
nounsingular
the job or position of running a single local office of a company.
Grammar: Used as a title without an or the when it names a role: she became branch manager in 2020.
Patterns
- become branch manager
- be appointed branch manager
After the merger, Maria became branch manager of the whole region.
He was appointed branch manager last spring.
Word forms
| plural | branch managers |
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Common combinations
- appoint someone (as) branch manager
- The board appointed her as branch manager of the city center office.
- the branch manager's office
- Please wait outside the branch manager's office.
- assistant branch manager
- He started as assistant branch manager and worked his way up.
- a bank branch manager
- The bank branch manager explained the new fees to us.
- report to the branch manager
- All the tellers report to the branch manager.
Synonyms and how they differ
- manager
- More general: a manager can run any team or department, while a branch manager specifically runs one local office or shop.
- supervisor
- A supervisor watches over staff's daily work but usually has less overall responsibility than a branch manager.
- head of branch
- A formal alternative used in some companies and reports; it means the same job.
Word family
- branch noun
- a local office or shop that is part of a larger company.
- manage verb
- to be in charge of a business, team, or activity.
- management noun
- the activity of controlling and organizing a business, or the people who do it.
- managerial adjective
- relating to the work of a manager.
Commonly confused: branch manager or bank manager?
branch manager vs bank manager
In British English a bank manager runs a single bank branch and is a kind of branch manager; in American English the term is broader and less common. Use 'branch manager' when the company is not a bank.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'branch manager' correctly?
Choose one answer.
A branch manager runs one local office of a larger company, so the Paris office fits. Option 0 fails because an owner of a single independent shop is not part of a bigger company with branches; option 2 describes an online role, not a local branch; option 3 describes cleaning work, not management.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “branch manager”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.