(abbreviation: admin.)
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noun
1the process or activity of running a business, organization, etc.:the day-to-day administration of the company a career in arts administration [as modifier]:administration costs (
the administration)
the people responsible for this, regarded collectively:the university administration took their demands seriously the management of public affairs; government:the inhabitants of the island voted to remain under French administration Law the management and disposal of the property of an intestate, deceased person, debtor, or other individual, or of an insolvent company, by a legally appointed administrator:the company went into administration [as modifier]:an administration order
2the officials in the executive branch of government under a particular chief executive:the Kennedy administration sought to use the conference to repair US prestige the term of office of a political leader or government:the early years of the Reagan Administration a government agency:the US Food and Drug Administration
3the action of dispensing, giving, or applying something:the oral administration of the antibiotic the administration of justice
