Another word for administration
NOUN
Authoritative control over the affairs of others
See also:The continuous exercise of authority over a political unit
The giving of a medication, especially by prescribed dosage
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Another word for administration
NOUN
The direction of affairs
- stewardship
- housekeeping
- husbandry
- power
- control
- charge
- enforcement
- order
- rule
- performance
- regulation
- execution
- jurisdiction
- legislation
- ordering
- policy
- strategy
- handling
- treatment
- policing
- disposition
- authority
- agency
- organization
- oversight
- decision theory
- decision making
- direction
- directing
- conducting
- conduct
- surveillance
- guidance
- superintendence
- command
- supervision
- government
- management
Those who direct affairs
- the-man
- (insider's) insider
- the powers that be
- brass; front office
- party in power
- governmental power
- chargé d'affaires
- washington
- department
- legation
- embassy
- consulate general
- consulate
- bureau
- executive-committee
- the management
- headquarters
- central office
- commander-in-chief
- admiral
- general
- chairman
- chair
- commander
- ministry
- cabinet
- chief-executive
- presidency
- president
- office of the president
- legislature
- executive-branch
- executive office
- executive
- board of overseers
- board of governors
- board of directors
- board
- committee
- officials
- strategists
- stewards
- command
- advisers
- superintendents
- executives
- supervisors
- officers
- administrators
- directors
The period in which an administration, sense 2, is operative
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