administration n
1. a method of tending to (especially business) matters [syn: disposal]
2. 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" [syn: governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation]
3. the act of administering medication [syn: giving medication]
4. the tenure of a president; "things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration" [syn: presidency, presidential term}]

Administration \Ad*min`is*tra"tion\ (?; 277), n. [OE. administracioun, L. administratio: cf. F. administration.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.

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