administration
administration Lexical Profile
administration Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The process or activity of running, organizing, and directing a business, institution, or public organization.
"She earned a master's degree in business administration before taking over the regional office."
The officials or executive leadership currently in power who manage a government, university, or public institution, or the period of their tenure.
"The university administration announced a new scholarship program for incoming students."
The act of dispensing, applying, or giving out something, such as medicine, a vaccine, justice, or an oath.
"Prompt administration of the antibiotic prevented the infection from spreading."
British A legal regime under which a struggling company's affairs are placed under the control of an appointed insolvency practitioner to reorganize the business or protect it from creditors.
"The retail chain went into administration after failing to secure emergency funding."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Old French and directly from Latin administratio ('aid, help, direction, management'), derived from administrare ('to serve, assist, or manage'), itself formed from ad- ('to') and ministrare ('to serve').
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