administration

Universal Words noun 1 (also BrE informal admin) [U] the activities that are done in order to plan, organize and run a business, school or other institution: Administration costs are passed on to the customer. * the day-to-day administration of a company * I work in the Sales Administration department. 2 [U] the process or act of organizing the way that sth is done: the administration of justice 3 [C] the people who plan, organize and run a business, institution, etc: university administrations 4 (often Administration) [C] the government of a country, especially the US: This happened frequently during the Nixon Administration. * Successive administrations have failed to solve the country's economic problems. 5 [U] (formal) the act of giving a drug to sb: the administration of antibiotics