governance : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: governance	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for governance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
governance n 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 governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government" Synonym(s): government, governing, governance, government activity, administration
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Governance \Gov"ern*ance\, n. [F. gouvernance.] Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement. --Chaucer. --J. H. Newman.