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 Definitions of Administration  [ædˌmɪn əˈstreɪ ʃən]  

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Definition of 'Administration' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) administration
the management and direction of a government, business, institution, or the like.

2.  administration
the function of a political state in exercising its governmental duties.

3.  administration
the duty or duties of an administrator.

4.  administration
a body of administrators or executive officials.

5.  administration
(often cap.) the officials of the executive branch of a government.

6.  administration
the period during which an administrator or body of administrators serves:
the Jefferson administration.

7.  administration
Law. the management of a decedent's estate by an executor or administrator, or of a trust estate by a trustee.

8.  administration
the act or process of administering.

Etymology:  (1275–1325; ME < L)

Definition of 'Administration' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) administration, disposal
a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)

2. (noun) administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation
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"

3. (noun) administration, giving medication
the act of administering medication

4. (noun) presidency, presidential term, administration
the tenure of a president
"things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration"

5. (noun) government, governing, governance, government activity, administration
the act of governing; exercising authority
"regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"

6. (noun) administration, judicature
the act of meting out justice according to the law


Definition of 'Administration' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) administration
a country's government
the Clinton Administration

2.  administration
the management of sth
business administration


Definition of 'Administration' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Administration
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

2. (noun) Administration
the executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted 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

3. (noun) Administration
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

4. (noun) Administration
the management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no competent executor

5. (noun) Administration
the management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use



'Administration' - Nearby Entries  

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