Noun
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; management.
The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted 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.
The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.
The management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no competent executor.
The management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use.
Source: Webster's dictionaryregulations for the governing of state prisons Source: Internet
he had considerable experience of government Source: Internet
he claims that the present administration is corrupt Source: Internet
the governance of an association is responsible to its members Source: Internet
he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment Source: Internet
things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration Source: Internet