administration

noun7

1. •
   the directing of a company, a school or a public office and its daily affairs
2. •
   The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted 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.

   • Successive US administrations have had similar Middle East policies.
3. •
   The country's government under the rule of a particular leader.
4. •
   A body that administers; a body of administrators.
5. •
   Management.
6. •
   The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
7. •
   (UK) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.

   • The company went into voluntary administration last week.