administration : Idioms & Phrases
Index
- Administration with the will annexed
- bush administration
- carter administration
- clinton administration
- drug enforcement administration
- electromotive drug administration
- Epidermic administration of medicine
- federal housing administration
- food and drug administration
- general services administration
- Letters of administration
- master in business administration
- national aeronautics and space administration
- national archives and records administration
- national oceanic and atmospheric administration
- occupational safety and health administration
- reagan administration
- small business administration
- social security administration
- Special administration
- technology administration
- transportation security administration
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.
Webster 1913
bush administration
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noun the executive under President George H. W. Bush
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noun the executive under President George W. Bush
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carter administration
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noun the executive under President Carter
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clinton administration
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noun the executive under President Clinton
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drug enforcement administration
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noun federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations
Drug Enforcement Agency; DEA.
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electromotive drug administration
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noun therapy that uses a local electric current to introduce the ions of a medicine into the tissues
ionic medication; iontotherapy; EMDA; iontophoresis.
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Epidermic administration of medicine
(Med.) , the application of medicine to the skin by friction.
Webster 1913
federal housing administration
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noun the federal agency in the Department of Housing and Urban Development that insures residential mortgages
FHA.
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food and drug administration
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noun a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products
FDA.
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general services administration
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noun a central management agency that sets Federal policy for Federal procurement and real property management and information resources management
GSA.
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Letters of administration
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noun legal document naming someone to administer an estate when no executor has been named
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(Law) , the instrument by which an administrator or administratrix is authorized to administer the goods and estate of a deceased person.
Webster 1913
master in business administration
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noun a master's degree in business
Master in Business; MBA.
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national aeronautics and space administration
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noun an independent agency of the United States government responsible for aviation and spaceflight
NASA.
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national archives and records administration
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noun the independent agency that oversees management of federal government records including presidential libraries and historic collections
NARA.
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national oceanic and atmospheric administration
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noun an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather
NOAA.
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occupational safety and health administration
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noun a government agency in the Department of Labor to maintain a safe and healthy work environment
OSHA.
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reagan administration
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noun the executive under President Reagan
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small business administration
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noun an independent agency of the United States government that protects the interests of small businesses and ensures that they receive a fair share of government contracts
SBA.
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social security administration
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noun an independent government agency responsible for the Social Security system
SSA.
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Special administration
(Law) , an administration limited to certain specified effects or acts, or one granted during a particular time or the existence of a special cause, as during a controversy respecting the probate of a will, or the right of administration, etc.
Webster 1913
technology administration
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noun an agency in the Department of Commerce that works with United States industries to promote competitiveness and maximize the impact of technology on economic growth
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transportation security administration
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noun an agency established in 2001 to safeguard United States transportation systems and insure safe air travel
TSA.