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Webster 1913 Edition

Administration

Ad-minˊis-tra′tion

(?; 277)
,
Noun.
[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
.
4.
(Law)
(a)
The management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no competent executor.
(b)
The management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use.
Administration with the will annexed
,
administration granted where the testator has appointed no executor, or where his appointment of an executor for any cause has failed, as by death, incompetency, refusal to act, etc.
Syn. – Conduct; management; direction; regulation; execution; dispensation; distribution.

Webster 1828 Edition

Administration

ADMINISTRA'TION

,
Noun.
1.
The act of administering; direction; management; government of public affairs; the conducting of any office or employment.
2.
The executive part of government, consisting in the exercise of the constitutional and legal powers, the general superintendence of national affairs, and the enforcement of laws.
3.
The persons collectively, who are entrusted with the execution of laws, and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his council; or the council alone, as in Great Britain.
4.
dispensation; distribution; exhibition; as the administration of justice, of the sacrament, or of grace.
1Cor. 12. 2Cor. 9.
5.
the management of the estate of an intestate person, under a commission from the proper authority. This management consists in collecting debts, paying debts and legacies, and distributing the property among the heirs.
6.
The power, office or commission of an administrator.
Surrogates are authorized to grant administration.
It is more usual to say, letters of administration.
7.
This name is given by the Spaniards, to the staple magazine or warehouse, at Callao, in Peru, where foreign ships must unload.

Definition 2024

Administration

Administration

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German

Noun

Administration f ‎(genitive Administration, plural Administrationen)

  1. administration

administration

administration

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English

Noun

administration ‎(usually uncountable, plural administrations)

  1. (uncountable) 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.
  2. (countable) A body that administers; the executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted 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.
    Successive US administrations have had similar Middle East policies.
  3. (uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
    the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.
  4. (uncountable, business) Management.
  5. (uncountable, law, Britain) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.
    The company went into voluntary administration last week.

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  • administration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ad.mi.nis.tʁa.sjɔ̃/

Noun

administration f ‎(plural administrations)

  1. management (administration; the process or practice of managing)

Swedish

Noun

administration c

  1. administration

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Inflection of administration 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative administration administrationen administrationer administrationerna
Genitive administrations administrationens administrationers administrationernas

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