1. performance of executive duties management
worked in the administration of a hospital
2. the act or process of administering something
the administration of justice the administration of medication
3. the execution of public affairs as distinguished from policy-making
4. a body of persons who administer
5. a group constituting the political executive in a presidential government
a member of the Bush administration
6. a governmental agency or board
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
7. the term of office of an administrative officer or body
during the first Clinton administration
8. the activities that relate to running a company, school, or other organization
9. a group of people who manage the way a company, school, or other organization functions
10. a government or part of a government that is identified with its leader (such as a U.S. president or British prime minister)
11. the act or process of administering
administration of the oath
12. the work involved in managing something
13. the people who direct the business of something (as a city or school)
14. a government department
the Food and Drug Administration
15. the act of giving medication
administration of a dose of antitoxin
— Morris Fishbein
16. the direction of the execution of something
administration of a quarantine law
— V. G. Heiser
17. the act or process of administering
the administration of justice
18. the management and disposal under court authority of the estate of a deceased person by an executor or an administrator
19. the management of an estate (as of a minor) by a trustee or guardian appointed to take charge of it
20. the management of assets held in a trust
21. a body of persons (as of an organization) who administer
22. a group that makes up the executive branch of a presidential government
23. a governmental agency or board
24. the term of office of an administrative officer or body