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noun
1.
the management of any office, business, or organization; direction.
2.
the function of a political state in exercising its governmental duties.
3.
the duty or duties of an administrator in exercising the executive functions of the position.
4.
the management by an administrator of such duties.
5.
EXPANDa body of administrators, especially in government.
6.
(often initial capital letter
) the executive branch of the U.S. government as headed by the President and in power during his or her term of office: The Administration has threatened to veto the new bill. The Reagan administration followed President Carter's.
) the executive branch of the U.S. government as headed by the President and in power during his or her term of office: The Administration has threatened to veto the new bill. The Reagan administration followed President Carter's. 7.
the period of service of a governmental administrator or body of governmental administrators.
8.
any group entrusted with executive or administrative powers: the administration of a college.
9.
Law. management of a decedent's estate by an executor or administrator, or of a trust estate by a trustee.
10.
an act of dispensing, especially formally: administration of the sacraments.
11.
supervision of the taking of an oath or the like.
12.
COLLAPSEapplication, as of a salve or medicine.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English administracio(u)n < Latin administrātiōn- (stem of administrātiō) service. See administrate, -ion
1275–1325; Middle English administracio(u)n < Latin administrātiōn- (stem of administrātiō) service. See administrate, -ion
Related forms
ad·min·is·tra·tion·al, adjective
an·ti·ad·min·is·tra·tion, noun, adjective
mis·ad·min·is·tra·tion, noun
pre·ad·min·is·tra·tion, noun
pro·ad·min·is·tra·tion, adjective
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Administration
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Word Origin & History
administration
late 14c., "management," from L. administrationem (nom. administratio), noun of action from administratus, pp. of administrare (see administer). Meaning "the government" is attested from 1731 in British usage. Meaning "a U.S. president's period in office" is first recorded
EXPAND1796 in writings of George Washington. Meaning "management of a dead person's estate" is from 1530s.
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