administration Definition

1. The directing, managing or governing of a company's affairs, etc.

Thesaurus: supervision, direction, management, government, guidance, authority, policy, charge, control, policing, legislation.
2. A period of government by a particular party, etc.
(N Amer, especially US)
3. A period of government by a particular president.

Example: the Nixon administration
Thesaurus: (US)term of office, tenure, presidency, regime, reign, dynasty, incumbency, power.
4. The group of people who manage a company's affairs or run the business of government.

Thesaurus: administrators, directors, officers, supervisors, superintendents, advisers, executives, officials, governing board.