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Administration is the directing or managing of things. In a school, students study and teachers teach, but there are also people who do administration. These people do the work of running the school. They do all kinds of different things like hiring teachers, disciplining students, making sure that the lights work, making sure that the school is cleaned, and making sure that the school's bills get paid. The principal does a lot of the administration of the school but there are others who take part in it too.
The administration of a restaurant involves things like ordering food, hiring and managing staff, advertising the restaurant, and making decisions that affect the business.- synonyms:
- management
- similar words:
- command, direction, government
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All the people who do the work of directing or managing an organization or business are called its administration.
The principal is the head of the school's administration.The hospital's administration changed its way of hiring new nurses.Mr. Kravets used to work on the cars at the auto plant, but now he's part of the administration.- synonyms:
- leadership
- similar words:
- chiefs, command, directors, executives, government, heads
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| related words: |
cabinet, jurisdiction, term |
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| derivation: |
administrational (adj.) |
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