administration

noun

(uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.

(countable, government, politics) The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.

(government, politics) The country's government under the rule of a particular leader.

(countable) A body that administers; a body of administrators.

(uncountable, business) Management.

(uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.

(uncountable, law, UK) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.

(chiefly US, often nonstandard) Alternative letter-case form of administration. [(uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.]

Roots

minusminister- · Latin · less

Synonyms for administration

governancen governmentn administeringv managementn administratorn directoraten bureaucracyn officialdomn presidentn superintendencen

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