administrativeadj.n.

Brit.

/ədˈmɪnᵻstrətɪv/, U.S.

/ədˈmɪnəˌstreɪdɪv/,

/ədˈmɪnəstrədɪv/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: administrate v., -ive suffix.

Etymology: < administrate v. + -ive suffix. Compare classical Latin administrātīvus (of rhetoric) practical, in post-classical Latin also apt to maintain (from 12th cent. in British sources). Compare Italian amministrativo (1531) and later French administratif relating to administration (1790). Compare earlier administrant adj.

A. adj.

1. Of, relating to, or concerned with administration (in various senses); (in later use esp.) relating to or required for the running of a business, organization, etc.In later use frequently with the suggestion of subordinate or ancillary work; cf. administration n. 3a.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > [adjective] > relating to management or administration

dispensative1528

administratory1607

dispensatory1635

administrative1651

administrational1764

administerial1771

dispensatorial1776

managemental1885

admin1913

1651 I. Penington Fund. Right of People 16 In Civil Power, the administrative or governing part of it appeareth from hence not to appertain to them [sc. the people].

1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus li. 571 The little things..of forms and methods, habits and proceedings, doe so conduce to the greater and nobler parts and portions of administrative prudence and virtue.

1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Administrative, pertaining to administration.

1794 Ld. Hood in Ld. Nelson Disp. & Lett. (1845) I. 399 Captain Young..returned to the Victory with two Officers and two of the Administrative Bodies.

1837 J. S. Mill in London & Westm. Rev. 28 71 That vast net-work of administrative tyranny..which leaves no free agent in all France, except the man at Paris who pulls the wires.

1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 34 A municipal oligarchy..insured some degree of administrative skill.

1880 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea VI. ix. 399 The administrative troubles of the winter campaign.

1910 Times 11 July 13/5 The average Indian civilian is accustomed to turn his hand to any branch of administrative work, from commanding a fire brigade to drafting a legislative Bill.

1945 Times 11 May 8/1 The qualifications for the job were great administrative drive..and powers of leadership.

1978 J. Feagin & C. Feagin Discrim. Amer. Style iii. 66 There were numerous reports that women had to be ‘superwomen’ or ‘water walkers’ to make it up into higher administrative levels.

2006 Computer Weekly 18 July 6/4 By upgrading to the new system, Peacocks has reduced the time that its in-store employees devote to routine administrative tasks.

†2. Of the nature of stewardship, or delegated authority. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > [adjective]

delegatory1533

ministerial1577

vicarial1617

vicariate1619

vicary1660

vicegerent1667

procurationalc1702

vicarious1706

administrative1753

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Administrative power, is used by some in contradistinction to dominion, or power in propriety. 'Tis contraverted whether the power given to Augustus were only administrative, or proper and immediate.

1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. I. 47/1 Administrative, properly denotes a power held in right of some other person or persons.

B. n.

A person or group of people engaged in administration; an administrator.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator

purveyora1387

provisora1393

controller1422

administrator1440

administera1443

administrant1602

admin1629

conductor1634

dispensatora1649

dispenser1654

manager1682

mesnagier1693

prepositor1698

wielder1723

administrador1803

policeman1806

administrative1813

manipulator1823

runner1893

case manager1969

1813 G. Edwards Appropriate Meas. True Policy 63 Arranged under the Supreme Administrative, as archi-supreme.

1876 Academy 13 May 455/3 Grossly unjust to the more prominent administratives and executives concerned.

1953 Times 14 Nov. 7/5 Those joining the common fund should agree, with representatives of the Treasury and of executives, administratives, and operatives, on [etc.].

2005 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 17 Mar. Business section) 23 Threadneedle has retained Glasgow building surveyors CNP to act as contract administratives on a £500,000 internal refurbishment of one of the office developments.

Compounds

administrative assistant n. a person employed to perform administrative duties, now esp. of a supportive or ancillary nature; a secretary; (U.S. Politics) the principal aide or advisor to a politician, esp. a member of Congress (abbreviated AA).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator > subordinate

under-manager1748

administrative assistant1841

1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. vii. 116 Deliberations are led by the Gonfaloniere, who is recognised as the representative of the commune, the Anziani being his administrative assistants.

1926 Times 15 Sept. 9/7 Applications are invited for the following positions:..technical and engineering assistant (transmission and transforming section); and administrative assistant.

1948 Kiplinger Mag. Jan. 36/1 House members further handicapped themselves by rejecting a provision for giving each representative an $8000-a-year administrative assistant... Some saw the assistant as a potential rival for the job of representative.

1997 D. Quinn My Ishmael (1999) 136 Her mother went back into the workforce a few years ago, and having no skills, she had to start as a lowly administrative assistant at that accounting firm.

2002 G. Reeher & M. Mariani Insider's Guide to Polit. Internships iii. 32 The top staff member for a member of Congress is referred to as the administrative assistant (AA), or sometimes as the chief of staff.

administrative law n. Law the body of law relating to or concerned with the activity of the executive branch of government (esp. its exercise of power); spec. (chiefly U.S.) the body of law regulating the operation of government agencies.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > branch of the law > [noun] > other branches or departments of law

military law1678

family law1728

administrative law1827

labour law1842

1827 Monthly Rev. Nov. 362 It [sc. public law] also diverges into administrative law, or laws,..whose object is the general or local administration of public affairs.

1859 B. C. Howard Rep. Supreme Court U.S. 21 181 The office of political chief of a State or Province has long existed in Spain,..and his duties are defined with precision in the works on the administrative law of that monarchy.

1876 Rep. Supreme Court Ohio 25 408 Independent of this act of 1868, the courts in equity cases, as a part of administrative law, had this power.

1913 Harvard Law Rev. 26 324 To work out an adequate system of administrative law is not the least of the tasks of the immediate future.

1989 Economist (Nexis) 28 Jan. 56 Some revisionist academics have challenged the very idea that the growth of administrative law has rendered the government more accountable for its actions.

2010 J. M. Beermann Admin. Law i. 2 In administrative law, we tend to focus on agency procedural rules.

administrative leave n. originally U.S. a leave of absence imposed or granted in extraordinary circumstances; spec. enforced leave (paid or unpaid) taken by an employee pending the resolution of a disciplinary investigation.

ΚΠ

1932 Washington Post 2 Aug. 4/1 All 24 days legislative furlough must be taken before any payless administrative leave may be allowed.

1953 Frederick (Maryland) Post 23 May 13/3 The field house will again be the center for the Detrick blood-collecting operation. Civilian personnel will be granted administrative leave.

1975 N.Y. Times 12 Aug. 58/2 Five agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation were placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of a Federal grand jury investigation.

2000 P. Cornwell Last Precinct (2001) 44 Administrative leave is the same thing as being suspended. It is the first step in being fired.

administrative receiver n. a receiver appointed by a court or creditor to manage the affairs of a company in receivership, esp. so as to repay any debt owed; cf. receiver n.¹ 1c.

ΚΠ

1900 Rep. Appellate Div. Supreme Court State N.Y. 46 133 The dispute on this head, as it seems to me, results from the misapplication to a custodian receiver..of the rules relating to administrative receivers.

1932 Yale Law Jrnl. 41 1081 Investing the administrative receiver with ‘all the rights, powers, and duties of a receiver appointed by any court of equity’ in the state.

2011 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 10 Feb. 40 The firm..owed £10m when Cavanagh Kelly were appointed administrative receivers by Northern Bank in 2009.

administrative receivership n. the state or condition of being managed by an administrative receiver; an instance of this.

ΚΠ

1913 Federal Reporte 206 774 He prayed for the appointment of receivers of the property of the company to preserve it during the pendency of the litigation. In form the bill was the usual bill for an administrative receivership.

1936 Yale Law Jrnl. 46 216 The proceeding contemplated under the Act was scarcely designed to afford that measure of outside management and control over the debtor advocated by those who favor administrative receivership or an omnibus proceeding.

2000 PrintWeek 25 Feb. 4/2 CI was placed in administrative receivership in late January.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	administrative
释义	administrativeadj.n. Brit. /ədˈmɪnᵻstrətɪv/, U.S. /ədˈmɪnəˌstreɪdɪv/, /ədˈmɪnəstrədɪv/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: administrate v., -ive suffix. Etymology: < administrate v. + -ive suffix. Compare classical Latin administrātīvus (of rhetoric) practical, in post-classical Latin also apt to maintain (from 12th cent. in British sources). Compare Italian amministrativo (1531) and later French administratif relating to administration (1790). Compare earlier administrant adj. A. adj. 1. Of, relating to, or concerned with administration (in various senses); (in later use esp.) relating to or required for the running of a business, organization, etc.In later use frequently with the suggestion of subordinate or ancillary work; cf. administration n. 3a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [adjective] > relating to management or administration dispensative1528 administratory1607 dispensatory1635 administrative1651 administrational1764 administerial1771 dispensatorial1776 managemental1885 admin1913 1651 I. Penington Fund. Right of People 16 In Civil Power, the administrative or governing part of it appeareth from hence not to appertain to them [sc. the people]. 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus li. 571 The little things..of forms and methods, habits and proceedings, doe so conduce to the greater and nobler parts and portions of administrative prudence and virtue. 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Administrative, pertaining to administration. 1794 Ld. Hood in Ld. Nelson Disp. & Lett. (1845) I. 399 Captain Young..returned to the Victory with two Officers and two of the Administrative Bodies. 1837 J. S. Mill in London & Westm. Rev. 28 71 That vast net-work of administrative tyranny..which leaves no free agent in all France, except the man at Paris who pulls the wires. 1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 34 A municipal oligarchy..insured some degree of administrative skill. 1880 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea VI. ix. 399 The administrative troubles of the winter campaign. 1910 Times 11 July 13/5 The average Indian civilian is accustomed to turn his hand to any branch of administrative work, from commanding a fire brigade to drafting a legislative Bill. 1945 Times 11 May 8/1 The qualifications for the job were great administrative drive..and powers of leadership. 1978 J. Feagin & C. Feagin Discrim. Amer. Style iii. 66 There were numerous reports that women had to be ‘superwomen’ or ‘water walkers’ to make it up into higher administrative levels. 2006 Computer Weekly 18 July 6/4 By upgrading to the new system, Peacocks has reduced the time that its in-store employees devote to routine administrative tasks. †2. Of the nature of stewardship, or delegated authority. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > [adjective] delegatory1533 ministerial1577 vicarial1617 vicariate1619 vicary1660 vicegerent1667 procurationalc1702 vicarious1706 administrative1753 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Administrative power, is used by some in contradistinction to dominion, or power in propriety. 'Tis contraverted whether the power given to Augustus were only administrative, or proper and immediate. 1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. I. 47/1 Administrative, properly denotes a power held in right of some other person or persons. B. n. A person or group of people engaged in administration; an administrator. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator purveyora1387 provisora1393 controller1422 administrator1440 administera1443 administrant1602 admin1629 conductor1634 dispensatora1649 dispenser1654 manager1682 mesnagier1693 prepositor1698 wielder1723 administrador1803 policeman1806 administrative1813 manipulator1823 runner1893 case manager1969 1813 G. Edwards Appropriate Meas. True Policy 63 Arranged under the Supreme Administrative, as archi-supreme. 1876 Academy 13 May 455/3 Grossly unjust to the more prominent administratives and executives concerned. 1953 Times 14 Nov. 7/5 Those joining the common fund should agree, with representatives of the Treasury and of executives, administratives, and operatives, on [etc.]. 2005 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 17 Mar. Business section) 23 Threadneedle has retained Glasgow building surveyors CNP to act as contract administratives on a £500,000 internal refurbishment of one of the office developments. Compounds administrative assistant n. a person employed to perform administrative duties, now esp. of a supportive or ancillary nature; a secretary; (U.S. Politics) the principal aide or advisor to a politician, esp. a member of Congress (abbreviated AA). ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator > subordinate under-manager1748 administrative assistant1841 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. vii. 116 Deliberations are led by the Gonfaloniere, who is recognised as the representative of the commune, the Anziani being his administrative assistants. 1926 Times 15 Sept. 9/7 Applications are invited for the following positions:..technical and engineering assistant (transmission and transforming section); and administrative assistant. 1948 Kiplinger Mag. Jan. 36/1 House members further handicapped themselves by rejecting a provision for giving each representative an $8000-a-year administrative assistant... Some saw the assistant as a potential rival for the job of representative. 1997 D. Quinn My Ishmael (1999) 136 Her mother went back into the workforce a few years ago, and having no skills, she had to start as a lowly administrative assistant at that accounting firm. 2002 G. Reeher & M. Mariani Insider's Guide to Polit. Internships iii. 32 The top staff member for a member of Congress is referred to as the administrative assistant (AA), or sometimes as the chief of staff. administrative law n. Law the body of law relating to or concerned with the activity of the executive branch of government (esp. its exercise of power); spec. (chiefly U.S.) the body of law regulating the operation of government agencies. ΘΚΠ society > law > branch of the law > [noun] > other branches or departments of law military law1678 family law1728 administrative law1827 labour law1842 1827 Monthly Rev. Nov. 362 It [sc. public law] also diverges into administrative law, or laws,..whose object is the general or local administration of public affairs. 1859 B. C. Howard Rep. Supreme Court U.S. 21 181 The office of political chief of a State or Province has long existed in Spain,..and his duties are defined with precision in the works on the administrative law of that monarchy. 1876 Rep. Supreme Court Ohio 25 408 Independent of this act of 1868, the courts in equity cases, as a part of administrative law, had this power. 1913 Harvard Law Rev. 26 324 To work out an adequate system of administrative law is not the least of the tasks of the immediate future. 1989 Economist (Nexis) 28 Jan. 56 Some revisionist academics have challenged the very idea that the growth of administrative law has rendered the government more accountable for its actions. 2010 J. M. Beermann Admin. Law i. 2 In administrative law, we tend to focus on agency procedural rules. administrative leave n. originally U.S. a leave of absence imposed or granted in extraordinary circumstances; spec. enforced leave (paid or unpaid) taken by an employee pending the resolution of a disciplinary investigation. ΚΠ 1932 Washington Post 2 Aug. 4/1 All 24 days legislative furlough must be taken before any payless administrative leave may be allowed. 1953 Frederick (Maryland) Post 23 May 13/3 The field house will again be the center for the Detrick blood-collecting operation. Civilian personnel will be granted administrative leave. 1975 N.Y. Times 12 Aug. 58/2 Five agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation were placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of a Federal grand jury investigation. 2000 P. Cornwell Last Precinct (2001) 44 Administrative leave is the same thing as being suspended. It is the first step in being fired. administrative receiver n. a receiver appointed by a court or creditor to manage the affairs of a company in receivership, esp. so as to repay any debt owed; cf. receiver n.¹ 1c. ΚΠ 1900 Rep. Appellate Div. Supreme Court State N.Y. 46 133 The dispute on this head, as it seems to me, results from the misapplication to a custodian receiver..of the rules relating to administrative receivers. 1932 Yale Law Jrnl. 41 1081 Investing the administrative receiver with ‘all the rights, powers, and duties of a receiver appointed by any court of equity’ in the state. 2011 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 10 Feb. 40 The firm..owed £10m when Cavanagh Kelly were appointed administrative receivers by Northern Bank in 2009. administrative receivership n. the state or condition of being managed by an administrative receiver; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1913 Federal Reporte 206 774 He prayed for the appointment of receivers of the property of the company to preserve it during the pendency of the litigation. In form the bill was the usual bill for an administrative receivership. 1936 Yale Law Jrnl. 46 216 The proceeding contemplated under the Act was scarcely designed to afford that measure of outside management and control over the debtor advocated by those who favor administrative receivership or an omnibus proceeding. 2000 PrintWeek 25 Feb. 4/2 CI was placed in administrative receivership in late January. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1651
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