administration

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English administracioun, from Old French administration, from Latin administratio, from administrare; see administer; compare French administration. Equivalent to administrate +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ədˌmɪnəˈstɹeɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === administration (usually uncountable, plural administrations) (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. (countable, government, politics) 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. (government, politics) The country's government under the rule of a particular leader. (countable) A body that administers; a body of administrators. (uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation. (uncountable, business) Management. (uncountable, law, UK) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “administration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Danish == === Noun === administration c (singular definite administrationen, plural indefinite administrationer) administration ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “administration” in Den Danske Ordbog == French == === Etymology === From Old French administration, from Latin administrātiōnem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ad.mi.nis.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === administration f (plural administrations) management (administration; the process or practice of managing) ==== Derived terms ==== conseil d'administration === Further reading === “administration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Interlingua == === Noun === administration (plural administrationes) administration (act of administering) == Swedish == === Noun === administration c administration (act of administering) an administration (body that administers) (government, politics) an administration (especially in US politics) administration (of a medicine or the like) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== administrera === References === administration in Svensk ordbok (SO) administration in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)