administration

administration
[[t]ædmɪ̱nɪstre͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]]
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1) N-UNCOUNT Administration is the range of activities connected with organizing and supervising the way that an organization or institution functions.

Too much time is spent on administration.

...a master's degree in business administration.

2) N-UNCOUNT The administration of something is the process of organizing and supervising it.

Standards in the administration of justice have degenerated...

The cost of administration is around ₤500.

3) N-SING: the N, usu n N The administration of a company or institution is the group of people who organize and supervise it.

They would like the college administration to exert more control over the fraternity.

4) N-COUNT: oft the n N You can refer to a country's government as the administration; used especially in the United States.

O'Leary served in federal energy posts in both the Ford and Carter administrations...

He urged the administration and Congress to come up with a credible package to reduce the budget deficit.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • administration — [ administrasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • apr. 1250; aministracion v. 1200; lat. administratio 1 ♦ Dr. civ. Action de gérer un bien, un ensemble de biens. ⇒ gestion. L administration de la communauté. Administration légale : attributs patrimoniaux se rattachant …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • administration — ad·min·is·tra·tion /əd ˌmi nə strā shən/ n 1: the act or process of administering the administration of justice 2 a: the management and disposal under court authority of the estate of a deceased person by an executor or an administrator b: the… …   Law dictionary

  • Administration — may refer to:In business * Administration (business), the performance or management of business operations. * Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal * Central Administration, the highest administrative department of… …   Wikipedia

  • administration — ad‧min‧is‧tra‧tion [ədˌmɪnˈstreɪʆn] noun 1. [uncountable] COMMERCE the activities involved with managing and organizing the work of a company or organization: • I want to spend my time on research and development rather than administration. 2.… …   Financial and business terms

  • Administration — Ad*min is*tra tion (?; 277), n. [OE. administracioun, L. administratio: cf. F. administration.] 1. The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • administration — ADMINISTRATION. s. f. Direction d une affaire particulière. L administration des biens d un pupille. Il se dit De la direction des affaires publiques, d une partie du Gouvernement. Il a eu long temps l administration des Finances, des principales …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

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  • administration — Administration, Gestio, gestionis, Administratio, Actus. L administration et charge de quelque chose, ou le lieu et territoire dedans lequel on a administration et charge, Dioecesis, huius dioecesis. Avoir la charge et administration du royaume,… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Administration — (lat. administrare „verwalten“) bezeichnet allgemein die Verwaltung eines Staates, einer Provinz, eines Landkreises, eines Ortes, einer Körperschaft oder öffentlichen Einrichtung oder auch eines Vereins speziell die öffentliche Verwaltung… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Administration — Sf Verwaltung erw. fach. (15. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. administrātio ( ōnis) Verwaltung, Besorgung , zu l. administrāre verwalten, besorgen, ausführen , zu l. ministrāre bedienen, darreichen, verschaffen und l. ad hinzu . Verbum:… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • Administration — (management, administration; administration; administrazione) – einerseits der Inbegriff der Vorschriften und Grundsätze, nach denen das Eisenbahnwesen verwaltet wird – anderseits der organische Aufbau der Behörden und Dienststellen, denen die… …   Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens

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