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Noun: Vice President of the United States
  1. The second highest executive officer of the United States who serves as president of the Senate and succeeds to the presidency in case of death, resignation, or removal of the president
    "The Vice President of the United States casts the deciding vote in case of a Senate tie"

Type of: V.P., veep [N. Amer, informal], vice president

Encyclopedia: Vice President of the United States