- administration, disposal - a method of tending to (especially business) matters
--1 is a kind of management, direction
--1 has particulars:line management; justice, judicature; conducting; organization, organisation; running; polity Derived form: verb administer1 - administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"
--2 is a kind of body
--2 is a part of government, authorities, regime
--2 has parts: hierarchy, power structure, pecking order
--2 has members: advisory board, planning board
--2 has particulars:Curia; top brass; executive; judiciary, bench; county council; government officials, officialdom; management Derived form: verb administer1 - administration, giving medication - the act of administering medication
--3 is a kind of medication
--3 has particulars: drip feed; sedation, druggingDerived form: verb administer4 - presidency, presidential term, administration - the tenure of a president; "things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration"
--4 is a kind of tenure, term of office, incumbency
Derived form: verb administer1