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Administrations

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.

📖 Definitions of "Administrations"

noun
  1. 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.

  2. 2

    A body that administers; 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.

    "Successive US administrations have had similar Middle East policies."

  3. 3

    The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.

    "oral administration of insulin"

  4. 4

    Management.

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governancenounThe process, or the power, of governing; government or administration.
establishmentnounThat which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.
presidencynounThe office or role of president.
organizationnoun(countable) A group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules.
organisationnounNon-Oxford British English and Australian standard spelling of organization.
disposalnoun(countable) A disposing of or getting rid of something.
brassnoun(countable, uncountable) A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.
giving medicationnounthe act of administering medication
presidential termnounthe tenure of a president
accountsnoun(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
administeringnounadministration
administrativeOf or relating to administering or administration.
administratorsnounOne who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager.
adminsnoun(uncountable, informal) Administration, or administrative work.
agenciesnounAn establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.
authoritiesnounThe bodies that enforce law and order or provide a public service.
authoritynoun(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right.
boardsnoun(informal, with "the") A stage (as in a theater).
bodiesa British television medical drama produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC.
bureaucraciesnounGovernment by bureaus or their administrators or officers.

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