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noun

administration

CEFR B1

a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)

In a sentence

Six example sentences with administration, each labelled with its topic.

  • Two engineers built the product while the third handled administration, filing taxes, chasing invoices, and keeping payroll on schedule.

    Startups

  • Roman administration of distant provinces relied on local officials who collected taxes and reported to a governor each spring.

    History

  • Poor administration of the ward showed in the roster: three nurses on Monday, none on Tuesday, and no cover arranged.

    Medicine

  • Good administration of a small firm shows in boring places: invoices go out on the first, and nobody chases a missing check.

    Business

  • The administration of the estate took four years, mostly because the will named an executor who had moved abroad decades earlier.

    Law

  • The orchestra's administration runs on a staff of nine who handle contracts, touring, and the hall's leaky roof.

    Music

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