management
- 1The act or skill of running, controlling, or dealing with something, such as a business, money, time, or a difficult situation, to reach set goals.
Effective management balances tight budgets against ambitious deadlines.
The factory's careful management of scarce raw materials kept production on schedule.
UsageOften after another noun, time management, risk management, or with of: the management of resources.
- 2The people who run an organization, especially its senior executives, as distinct from the employees they direct.
Union leaders met with management to discuss the new contract.
Management announced a hiring freeze across all departments.
UsageOften used without the, like a name: meet with management, management announced. The management is also common.
Similarexecutives, leadership, directors, bosses
Note
Here the word stops naming an activity and names the people who carry it out. The group is called after the work of running things, the job it does. The American novelist Winston Churchill's The Celebrity has a character vituperating "the inn management," with the business named in front of the word.
Less common meaning
- 3The prosecuting side in an impeachment trial, which brings the case against the official rather than defending them.
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Origin
Formed from the verb 'manage' combined with the suffix '-ment'.
Checked 5 Nov 2026 · 1 fact
- Management is formed from manage plus the suffix -ment. en.wiktionary.org