administrationnoun
uk/ədˌmɪn.ɪˈstreɪ.ʃən/us/ədˌmɪn.əˈstreɪ.ʃən/administration noun (MANAGING)
C1 informal admin, uk/ˈæd.mɪn/us[ U ] the arrangements and tasks needed to control the operation of a plan or organization:
More examples
- Reputable charities spend the lion's share of donations on aid and a tiny fraction on administration.
- Eastern Slavonia is to revert to Croatian government rule next year after a transitional period under U.N. administration.
- Keeping noise levels low is the bane of airport administration.
- The new administration is still in the shakedown period.
- Hard-liners are expected to be purged from the administration.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Managing and organizing
- act
- administer
- bureaucracy
- bureaucratic
- campaign
- central
- head sth up
- in hand idiom
- kaizen
- manage
- management
- mind the store idiom
- run the show idiom
- running
- shakedown
- square
- square sth/sb away
- stage
- stage-manage
- stewardship
See more results »
administration noun (MANAGEMENT)
C2 [ C ] the people in an organization who manage its business and operations:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Bosses & managers
- boss
- captain of industry
- CEO
- chief executive
- chief executive officer
- comptroller
- founder
- general
- Goliath
- governance
- governor
- guvnor
- magnate
- manageress
- managing director
- middle management
- overseer
- president
- top brass
- vice president
See more results »
administration noun (GOVERNMENT)
C2 [ C ] a period of government, or the people who are in government:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Ruling & governing
- absolute
- affairs of state
- ascend
- ascend the throne idiom
- Comintern
- corridor
- deep state
- government-owned
- government-sponsored
- governmental
- hung parliament
- incumbency
- officially
- oppressive
- reign
- repress
- repression
- repressive
- sovereignty
- statecraft
See more results »
administration noun (GIVING)
[ U ] the act of giving someone something:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Giving, providing and supplying
- accommodate
- accord
- administer
- assignment
- award
- award-winning
- deliver
- hand sth around
- hand sth back
- hand sth in
- hand sth out
- hand sth over
- invest
- lay
- spare
- step
- step forward
- supplier
- supply
- supply chain
See more results »
administration noun (BUSINESS CLOSING)
[ U ] UK the process that takes place when a company cannot pay its debts and is allowed to make changes to its organization to try to avoid going into liquidation (= when a business is closed and the things it owns are sold):
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Success & failure in business
- axe
- bankrupt
- bankruptcy
- branch
- branch out
- buy into sth
- collapse
- establish
- fold
- foreclose
- liquidate
- liquidator
- locate
- moribund
- official receiver
- organic growth
- prosper
- receivership
- shut (sth) down
- spin
See more results »