administration

noun

UK /ədˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃ(ə)n/

Word Forms

singular	administration
plural	administrations

1
uncountable the activities involved in managing a business, organization, or institution
Too much is spent on administration, and not enough on patient care.
Synonyms and related words
Relating to management and running a business
admin
admin
administer
1. 1a
  uncountable the process of being responsible for managing a business, organization, or institution
  He is not involved in the administration of the scheme.
  Synonyms and related words
  Relating to management and running a business
  admin
  admin
  administer
2. 1b
  countable the people responsible for managing a business, organization, or institution
  Nobody in the administration would take responsibility.
  Synonyms and related words
  Groups of managers and organizations in charge of a business
  administration
  board
  boardroom
2
countable the government of a country
The Clinton administration created over one million new jobs.
Synonyms and related words
General words relating to politics and government
administration
affairs
associative
1. 2a
  uncountable the activity of governing a country or region
  the administration of the rural counties
  Synonyms and related words
  Government departments and public bodies
  administration
  agency
  branch
2. 2b
  countable a department of the US government
  the Federal Aviation Administration
  Synonyms and related words
  US government departments and organizations
  administration
  the Bureau
  the Capitol
3
uncountable the action of giving someone a drug
the regular administration of antibiotics
Synonyms and related words
To take, prescribe or administer a medicine
administer
administration
come off
4
uncountable Britisha situation in which the financial affairs of a business that cannot pay its debts are taken over by an administrator
go into administration (=start to be run by an administrator):
The company is likely to go into administration if a buyer is not found soon.
Synonyms and related words
Bankruptcy
administration
administrator
bankrupt

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