administration

[ ad-min-uh-strey-shuh n ]

/ ædˌmɪn əˈstreɪ ʃən /

noun

the management of any office, business, or organization; direction.

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

the duty or duties of an administrator in exercising the executive functions of the position.

the management by an administrator of such duties.

a body of administrators, especially in government.

(often initial capital letter) the executive branch of the U.S. government as headed by the president and in power during his or her term of office: The administration has threatened to veto the new bill. The Reagan administration followed President Carter's.

the period of service of a governmental administrator or body of governmental administrators.

any group entrusted with executive or administrative powers: the administration of a college.

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

an act of dispensing, especially formally: administration of the sacraments.

supervision of the taking of an oath or the like.

application, as of a salve or medicine.

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Origin of administration

1275–1325; Middle English administracio(u)n < Latin administrātiōn- (stem of administrātiō) service. See administrate, -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM administration

ad·min·is·tra·tion·al, adjectivean·ti·ad·min·is·tra·tion, noun, adjectivemis·ad·min·is·tra·tion, nounpre·ad·min·is·tra·tion, noun

pro·ad·min·is·tra·tion, adjectiveself-ad·min·is·tra·tion, nounsub·ad·min·is·tra·tion, nounsu·per·ad·min·is·tra·tion, noun

Words nearby administration

administer, administered price, administerial, administrable, administrate, administration, administration order, administrative, administrative assistant, administrative county, administrative law

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British Dictionary definitions for misadministration

administration

/ (ədˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən) /

noun

management of the affairs of an organization, such as a business or institution

the duties of an administrator

the body of people who administer an organization

the conduct of the affairs of government

term of office: often used of presidents, governments, etc

the executive branch of government along with the public service; the government as a whole

(often capital) mainly US the political executive, esp of the US; the government

mainly US a government board, agency, authority, etc

property law

the conduct or disposal of the estate of a deceased person
the management by a trustee of an estate subject to a trust

the administering of something, such as a sacrament, oath, or medical treatment
the thing that is administered

Derived forms of administration

administrative, adjectiveadministratively, adverb

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Derived forms of administration