Administration
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of administering medication
(2) A method of tending to (especially business) matters
(3) The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
"He claims that the present administration is corrupt"
"The governance of an association is responsible to its members"
"He quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"
(4) The tenure of a president
"Things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration"
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Etymology
< < < < ; see administer; compare French .
Noun
- 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; management.
- A body who administers; 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.
- The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.
- Management.