administration Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)
disposal.
noun the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
governing body; organisation; governance; organization; brass; establishment.
- 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
noun the act of administering medication
giving medication.
noun the tenure of a president
presidential term; presidency.
- things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration
noun the act of governing; exercising authority
government activity; governance; governing; government.
- regulations for the governing of state prisons
- he had considerable experience of government
noun the act of meting out justice according to the law
judicature.

OE. administracioun, L. administratio: cf. F. administration.

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.
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.
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.
(Law) (a) The management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no competent executor. (b) The management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use. Syn. -- Conduct; management; direction; regulation; execution; dispensation; distribution.