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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Administration \Ad*min`is*tra"tion\ (?; 277), n. [OE. administracioun L. administratio: cf F. administration.] 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; management. His financial administration was of a piece with his military administration. --Macaulay. 2. The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted 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. A mild and popular administration. --Macaulay. The administration has been opposed in parliament. --Johnson. 3. The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: administration n 1: a method of tending to (especially business) matters [syn: {disposal}] 2: the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a governing body and who administer something "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment" [syn: {governance}, {establishment}, {brass}, {organization}, {organisation}] 3: the act of administering medication [syn: {giving medication}] 4: the tenure of a president; "things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration" [syn: {presidency}, {presidential term}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: ADMINISTRATION, n. An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to receive the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or president. A man of straw, proof against bad-egging and dead-catting.
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