administration

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Synonyms: administrator, ministration, administrative, administrations, administrating, coadministration

Antonyms: administrator, ministration, administrative, administrations, administrating, coadministration

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|administering}} {{lb|en|uncountable}} The act of [[administer]]ing; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.
2. {{senseid|en|government}} {{lb|en|countable|government|politics}} The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
3. {{lb|en|government|politics}} The country's government under the rule of a particular leader.
4. {{lb|en|countable}} A body that administers; a body of administrators.
5. {{lb|en|uncountable}} The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
6. {{senseid|en|business}} {{lb|en|uncountable|business}} [[management|Management]].
7. {{lb|en|uncountable|legal|UK}} An arrangement whereby an [[insolvent]] [[company]] can continue [[trade|trading]] under [[supervision]].

Proper noun

1. {{lb|en|chiefly|US|often|nonstandard}} {{alternative case form of|en|administration}}.

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