Administration : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Administration	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Administration
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
administration n a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) Synonym(s): administration, disposal 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"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment" Synonym(s): administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation the act of administering medication Synonym(s): administration, giving medication the tenure of a president; "things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration" Synonym(s): presidency, presidential term, administration the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government" Synonym(s): government, governing, governance, government activity, administration the act of meting out justice according to the law Synonym(s): administration, judicature
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Administration \Admin`istra"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 office or employment; direction; management. His financial administration was of a piece with his military administration. --Macaulay. 2. The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted 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. A mild and popular administration. --Macaulay. The administration has been opposed in parliament. --Johnson. 3. The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.