administration

/ədˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən/ noun

Definition

ORGANIZING [U] › the work of organizing and arranging the operation of something, such as a company: The job involves a lot of administration.

GOVERNMENT [C] mainly US › the President and politicians who govern a country at a particular time, or a period of government: the Bush administration

(Definition of administration noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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