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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] His financial administration was of a piece with his military administration. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] A mild and popular administration. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] The administration has been opposed in parliament. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] Syn: Conduct; management; direction; regulation; execution; dispensation; distribution. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: administration n 1: a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) [syn: {administration}, {disposal}] 2: the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering 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: {administration}, {governance}, {governing body}, {establishment}, {brass}, {organization}, {organisation}] 3: the act of administering medication [syn: {administration}, {giving medication}] 4: the tenure of a president; "things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration" [syn: {presidency}, {presidential term}, {administration}] 5: the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government" [syn: {government}, {governing}, {governance}, {government activity}, {administration}] 6: the act of meting out justice according to the law [syn: {administration}, {judicature}] From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]: administration /administʀasjɔ̃/ administration; management