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Definition of Administration

1. Noun. A method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs).

2. Noun. The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something. "He quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"

3. Noun. The act of administering medication.

4. Noun. The tenure of a president. "Things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration"

5. Noun. The act of governing; exercising authority. "He had considerable experience of government"

6. Noun. The act of meting out justice according to the law.

Definition of Administration

1. n. 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.

Definition of Administration

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Medical Definition of Administration

1. 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. 4. The management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no competent executor. The management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use. Administration with the will annexed, administration granted where the testator has appointed no executor, or where his appointment of an executor for any cause has failed, as by death, incompetency, refusal to act, etc. Synonym: Conduct, management, direction, regulation, execution, dispensation, distribution. Origin: OE. Administracioun, L. Administratio: cf. F. Administration. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Administration

adminiculum adminiculum lineae albae administer administer administered administering administers administrable administrant administrants

administrate administrated administrates administrating administration (current term) administration (current term) administrations administrative administratively administrative body

administrative data processing administrative district administrative division administrative hearing administrative law administrative official administrative personnel administrative unit administrator administrators

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