administration
noun
[ ədmɪnɪˈstreɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the process or activity of running a business, organization, etc.
• "the day-to-day administration of the company"
Similar:
management,
managing,
direction,
directing,
command,
commanding,
control,
controlling,
charge,
conduct,
conducting,
operation,
regulation,
regulating,
handling,
running,
leadership,
government,
governing,
superintendence,
supervision,
supervising,
overseeing,
oversight,
orchestration,
orchestrating,
guidance,
care,
regiment,
• the management of public affairs; government.
• "the inhabitants of the island voted to remain under French administration"
Similar:
government,
cabinet,
ministry,
regime,
executive,
authority,
directorate,
council,
leadership,
management,
parliament,
congress,
senate,
rule,
term of office,
incumbency,
top brass,
• the action of dispensing, giving, or applying something.
• "the oral administration of the antibiotic"
Similar:
dispensation,
dispensing,
delivering,
issuing,
giving,
provision,
providing,
application,
applying,
discharge,
allotment,
distribution,
apportionment,
apportioning,
dealing out,
handing out,
meting out,
measuring out,
doling out,
disbursement,
disbursing,
bestowal,
infliction,
inflicting,
imposition,
imposing,
enforcement,
enforcing,
exacting,
execution,
exercise,
effectuation,
Origin:
Middle English: from Latin administratio(n- ), from the verb administrare (see administer).
