Noun
1. a method of tending to (especially business) matters
2. the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something;
"he claims that the present administration is corrupt""the governance of an association is responsible to its members""he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"3. the act of administering medication
4. the tenure of a president;
"things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration"