administration

Meanings

Plural: administrations

Noun

• a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)
• 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 act of administering medication
• the tenure of a president
  • "things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration"
• the act of governing; exercising authority
• the act of meting out justice according to the law
• 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.
• 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 country's government under the rule of a particular leader.
• A body that administers; a body of administrators.
• The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
• Management.
• An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.

Synonyms

administration, brass, direction, disposal, establishment, giving medication, governance, governing, governing body, government, government activity, judicature, management, organisation, organization, presidency, presidential term, supervision

Related Words

administer, administrative, administrator