administration

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The process of running or managing an organization, business, or system.

   She works in the administration department, handling staff records and budgets.

2. 2
   noun

   The government of a country, especially under a particular leader.

   Successive US administrations have followed a similar foreign policy.

3. 3
   noun

   The group of people who manage an organization or institution.

   The university administration banned the students from showing their work.

4. 4
   noun

   The giving of something, such as medicine, a test, or punishment.

   The nurse is responsible for the administration of medicines.

From Middle English administracioun, from Old French administration, from Latin administratio, from administrare; see administer; compare French administration. Equivalent to administrate + -ion.

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