management

American  

[man-ij-muhnt] / ˈmæn ɪdʒ mənt /

noun

• managements
  plural

1. the act or manner of managing; handling, direction, or control.

   Synonyms:

   treatment, guidance, conduct, charge, care, administration, regulation

2. skill in managing; executive ability.

   great management and tact.

3. the person or persons controlling and directing the affairs of a business, institution, etc..

   The store is under new management.

4. executives collectively, considered as a class (distinguished from labor).

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management British  

/ ˈmænɪdʒmənt /

noun

1. the members of the executive or administration of an organization or business See also line management middle management top management

2. managers or employers collectively

3. the technique, practice, or science of managing, controlling or dealing with

   anger management

4. the skilful or resourceful use of materials, time, etc

5. the specific treatment of a disease, disorder, etc

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management Cultural  

1. The body of individuals who run major businesses, usually without owning them but often with the reward of stock options.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• nonmanagement
  noun
• self-management
  noun
• antimanagement
  adjective
• managemental
  adjective
• promanagement
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• managements
  plural

Etymology

Origin of management

First recorded in 1590–1600; manage + -ment

Explanation

The noun management means "the act of directing or controlling things," like your management of five-year-olds that included fun time, quiet time, and clean-up time. Management can be the people in charge of running a business, who have employees who report to them, or the work those leaders do. Good management is a combination of people skills, shrewd business plans, and probably a little luck, too. Outside of business, management can describe anything you direct, like the management of your health by eating right, exercising, seeing your doctor regularly, and getting enough sleep.

Example Sentences

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management managements

Muse, said they thought management did a “great job of refocusing investors on the company’s unique capabilities that will drive outsized growth.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

The policy also states that “ownership and club or league management have traditionally been held to a higher standard and will be subject to more significant discipline” if a violation has taken place.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

“We remain constructive on South32 as a diversified base-metals growth vehicle, with disciplined capital management and improving portfolio clarity,” Jefferies says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

For space traffic management, autonomous navigation and onboard catalog updates could reduce dependence on ground-based tracking networks while improving collision avoidance.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

No business could be more objective than money management, and yet even in this business, facts and logic were overwhelmed by the nebulous social dimension of things.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Most companies’ respective managements would envy such results.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

Their managements are attuned to investor sentiment, which is why IPOs tend to come in waves, peaking when investors are most bullish.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

Many won plurality support, but more than half dealing with climate were withdrawn after managements made commitments to their sponsors to meet their disclosure goals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2024

The resolutions garnered average support of 35.7% of shareholders — a strong showing, since resolutions opposed by managements almost always struggle to reach that level.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2023

Some managements restrict messages of multi-party lines to five minutes per conversation, because of the desire to avoid withholding the line from other parties upon it for too long periods.

From Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Samuel McMeen

Related Words

• administration
• care
• control
• governance
• government
• handling
• operation
• oversight
• supervision