business administration

noun

1. a program of studies at the university level offering courses on general business theory, management, and practices.

Word History and Origins

Origin of business administration¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Yet another furloughed employee, who works at the Small Business Administration, has managed to persuade his bank to freeze his mortgage payments.

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Other than student loans, the only major categories in which CBO said spending actually declined were the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, because it spent less resolving bank failures, and the Small Business Administration, because disaster-related loan costs in 2024 didn’t recur in 2025.

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“We think that they are falsely implying to others that they are more virtuous than they actually are,” says Jillian Jordan, an assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, who studies moral signaling.

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Last month, the Small Business Administration said it sent letters to more than 5,000 banks and other lenders directing them to make reasonable efforts by Dec. 5 to identify customers they previously cut off for political or debanking reasons.

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So they relied on a loan from the Small Business Administration, gutted the damaged walls, and raised the foundation as they rebuilt the house.

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