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ad⋅min⋅is⋅tra⋅tion

  [ad-min-uh-strey-shuhn]
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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. a body of administrators, esp. 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.
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, esp. formally: administration of the sacraments.
11. supervision of the taking of an oath or the like.
12. application, as of a salve or medicine.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME administracio(u)n < L administrātiōn- (s. of administrātiō) service. See administrate, -ion

Related forms:
ad⋅min⋅is⋅tra⋅tion⋅al, adjective
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ad·min·is·tra·tion   (ād-mĭn'ĭ-strā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act or process of administering, especially the management of a government or large institution.

  2. The activity of a government or state in the exercise of its powers and duties.

  3. often Administration

    1. The executive branch of a government.

    2. The group of people who manage or direct an institution, especially a school or college.

  4. The term of office of an executive officer or body.

  5. Law Management and disposal of a trust or estate.

  6. The dispensing, applying, or tendering of something, such as an oath, a sacrament, or medicine.

ad·min'is·tra'tive (-strā'tĭv, -strə-) adj., ad·min'is·tra'tive·ly adv.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: ad·min·is·tra·tion
Pronunciation: &d-"mi-n&-'strA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the act or process of administering administration of justice>
2 a : the management and disposal under court authority of the estate of a deceased person by an executor or an administrator b : the management of an estate (as of a minor) by a trustee or guardian appointed to take charge of it c : the management of assets held in a trust
3 : the execution of public affairs as distinguished from policy-making
4 a : a body of persons (as of an organization) who administer b often cap : a group that makes up the executive branch of a presidential government c : a governmental agency or board
5 : the term of office of an administrative officer or body
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ad·min·is·tra·tion
Pronunciation: &d-"min-&-'strA-sh&n, (")ad-
Function: noun
1 : the act ofgiving medication <administration of a dose of antitoxin —Morris Fishbein>
2 : the direction of the execution of something <administration of aquarantine law —V. G. Heiser>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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