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What does administration mean?

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Noun
  1. (uncountable) 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.
  2. (countable) A body that 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. (uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
  4. (uncountable, business) Management.
  5. (uncountable, law, Britain) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.
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Then the administration essentially abandoned aeronautics in favor of space.
Experts from the government, port and bridge administration made the final arrangements to berth the ship after several discussions.
Bollinger and the rest of the Columbia administration had to be shamed into setting up the committee in the first place.
The present administration is a coalition reflecting a delicate balance between various constituencies.
The white-collar salaried professions, such as public administration and banking, did however, provide the potential for mobility.
Congressional critics today lashed out at the administration for failing to deal with the massive trade deficit with China.

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