# administration

Pronunciation: say "ad-mi-nuh-STRAY-shuhn" /ədˌmɪnəˈstɹeɪʃən/

## Noun

1. The executive branch of a government, especially a president or prime minister and the officials serving under them during their term.
   - Simple: The government of a country, especially its leader and the top officials who work with them while they are in power.
   - _The current administration has made climate policy a priority._
   - _Administration officials declined to comment on the leaked memo._
2. The work of managing and organizing the affairs of a government, business, institution, or other undertaking.
   - Simple: The work of running and organizing a business, a government, or another group or office.
   - _Hospitals now spend a growing share of their budgets on administration rather than patient care._
   - _Day-to-day administration of the estate fell to the eldest daughter._
3. A body of people who manage an institution; the administrators of an organization considered collectively.
   - Simple: A group of people whose job is to run an organization.
   - _The hospital administration approved funding for two new operating rooms._
   - _Faculty and administration clashed over the proposed budget cuts._
4. The act of dispensing or giving something to another person, such as medication, an oath, or a sacrament.
   - Simple: The act of giving something to someone, such as medicine or a test.
   - _Proper administration of a vaccine requires trained medical staff._
   - _The judge oversaw the administration of the oath to each new citizen._
5. A legal procedure, in the UK, Australia and elsewhere, in which an appointed outside specialist controls an insolvent company to rescue it or get creditors the best return. *(UK, Australia)*
   - Simple: A legal process where an outside expert runs a company that cannot pay its debts, to save it or repay creditors.
   - _The retailer entered administration in January, putting hundreds of jobs at risk._
   - _The airline came out of administration after a rival bought most of its routes._

## Origin

The word comes from Middle English administracioun, borrowed from Old French administration, which came from Latin administratio, from administrare (to manage or serve); it is related to administer and can be seen as administrate plus the suffix -ion.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/administration (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).