Webster's English Dictionary

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administration

ad.min.is.tra.tion \-.min-*-'stra--sh*n, ad-\ n 1: the act or process of 
   administering  2: performance of executive duties : MANAGEMENT  3: the 
   execution of public affairs as distinguished from policy making  4a: a body 
   of persons who administer  4b: cap : a group constituting the political 
   executive in a preside ntial government 4c: a governmental agency or board  
   5: the term of office of an administrative officer or body