administration

Meaning

Noun

• 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.
• The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted 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 body that administers; a body of administrators.
• The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
• Management.
• An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.

Origin

• From Middle English administracioun, from Old French administration, from Latin administratio, from administrare; see administer; compare French administration.