junior
/ˈdʒuːniər/ adjectiveDefinition
› WORKPLACE used to describe someone of a low rank, or of a lower rank in relation to others, in an organization: junior role/position a junior doctor/barrister/executive junior ministers/senatorsjunior to sb They promoted a man who was junior to me and made him my boss. → Compare senior adjective
› FINANCE, STOCK MARKET a junior stock market is one in which shares of smaller or less known companies are traded: The investment company is planning to raise £370 million through a flotation on AIM, London's junior exchange.
(Definition of junior adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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