Noun

Singular administration

Plural administrations

administration (plural administrations)

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.
2. A body who 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.
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. (business) Management.

Related terms

• administer
• administrator
• administrative

Synonyms

• supervision, conduct, management, regulation

Administration may refer to:

In business:

• Administration (business), the performance or management of business operations
• Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal
• Central Administration, the highest administrative department of an organization

In computing:

• System administrator, a person who maintains and operates a computer system or network
• admin$ an Internet forum administrator
• Sysop, a System operator; commonly used term for an administrator of a multi-user website

In law:

• Administration of an estate on death, arising if the deceased is legally intestate
• Administration (law), a mechanism allowing insolvent companies to continue running their business. Also see administrative receivership

In medicine:

• Route of administration, the path by which a substance is brought into contact with the body

In the military:

• Military administration, the techniques and systems used by military services involved in the management of the armed forces

In politics:

• Administration (government), a term used in the context of government
• Public administration, the study and implementation of policy
• Local government, administrative offices that are smaller than a state or province

In academia:

• Academic administration, a branch of an academic institution responsible for the maintenance and supervision of the institution