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administration   (TTS Sound)

The noun administration has 6 senses

• administration, disposal -- (a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs))


• administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation -- (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "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")


• administration, giving medication -- (the act of administering medication)


• presidency, presidential term, administration -- (the tenure of a president; "things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration")


• government, governing, governance, government activity, administration -- (the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government")


• administration, judicature -- (the act of meting out justice according to the law)