administration
Other forms: administrations
Use the word administration to describe the group of people running an organization: “University administration declared Wednesday a snow day and sent everyone home early.”
You’ve probably heard the noun administration used to describe a political group, such as the Bush administration or the Obama administration. It can also be used to refer to the daily activities involved in running a group or a program: “Carla handles the administration of the summer camp.”
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the act of governing; exercising authoritysynonyms: governance, governing, government, government activitytypes:trust busting(law) government activities seeking to dissolve corporate trusts and monopolies (especially under the United States antitrust laws)decriminalisation, decriminalizationlegislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegaltype of:social controlcontrol exerted (actively or passively) by group action
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a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)synonyms: disposaltypes:conductingthe way of administering a businessline managementadministration of the activities contributing directly to an organization's outputrunningthe act of administering or being in charge of somethingpolityshrewd or crafty management of public affairsadministriviathe tiresome but essential details that must be taken care of and tasks that must be performed in running an organizationnonprofit, nonprofit organization, not-for-profitan organization chartered for other than profit-making activitiesrationalisation, rationalizationthe organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiencyreorganisation, reorganization, shake-up, shakeupa set of drastic changes, such as to staff, policies, or organizational structureself-organisation, self-organizationorganizing yourself (especially organizing your own labor union)syndicationorganizing into or administering as a syndicatetype of:
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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”synonyms: brass, establishment, governance, governing body, organisation, organizationtypes:Curia(Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Churchtop brassthe most important persons in a governing bodyexecutivepersons who administer the lawcounty councilthe elected governing body of a countymanagementthose in charge of running a businessBush administrationthe executive under President George W. BushClinton administrationthe executive under President ClintonBush administrationthe executive under President George H. W. BushReagan administrationthe executive under President ReaganCarter administrationthe executive under President Cartercivil servicethe government workforce exclusive of military servicehousethe management of a gambling house or casinotype of:bodya group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
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the tenure of a president“things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration”synonyms: presidency, presidential term
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the act of meting out justice according to the lawsynonyms: judicaturetype of:justicejudgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments
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the act of administering medicationsynonyms: giving medicationtypes:drip feedthe administration of a solution (blood or saline or plasma etc.) one drop at a timetype of:medicationthe act of treating with medicines or remedies
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