Meaning of administration In English

• 0 the arrangements and tasks needed to control the operation of a plan or organization:

  • Teachers complain that more of their time is taken up with administration than with teaching.

  • She has little experience in admin (= in organizing a business, etc.).

• 1 the people in an organization who manage its business and operations:

  • The decision to cancel the trip was made by the school administration.

• 2 a period of government, or the people who are in government:

  • the Obama administration/the last Republican administration

• 3 the act of giving someone something:

  • There are strict controls on the administration of drugs.

• 4 the process that takes place when a company cannot pay its debts and is allowed to make changes to its organization to try to avoid going into liquidation (= when a business is closed and the things it owns are sold):

  • The company has gone into administration, in order for money to be returned to creditors.

• 5 the management or control of an organization:

  • [ U ] He’s studying business administration.

  • [ C ] The Clinton administration has been full of surprises.

• 6 the activity of managing or dealing with a business activity:

  • Administration of the scheme is costly in terms of time.

  • She studied business administration at New York University.

• 7 →  admin

• 8 the people who manage and control a large organization:

  • Some foreign postal administrations, including Britain's and France's, have embraced the concept.

  • Will medical school administrations and faculty be happy to adopt a large increase in class size?

• 9 the government of the United States or of some other countries:

  • It seems like there's an effort to centralize authority in Washington more than there has been in prior administrations.

  • the Obama/Bush/Nixon Administration

• 10 a situation in which an independent administrator takes control of a company that cannot pay its debts in order to try to improve the company's financial situation and keep it operating:

  • The company has gone into administration, which was required if any money was to be returned to creditors.

  • His business empire continues to trade and is not in administration.