different between administration vs municipality
administration
English
Etymology
From Middle English administracioun, from Old French administration, from Latin administratio, from administrare; see administer; compare French administration.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?m?n??st?e???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
administration (usually uncountable, plural administrations)
- (uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.
- (countable) A body that administers; the executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
- (uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
- (uncountable, business) Management.
- (uncountable, law, Britain) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.
Synonyms
- supervision, conduct, management, regulation, organization, governing
Related terms
- administer
- administrator
- administrative
Translations
References
- administration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
French
Etymology
From Old French administration, from Latin administratio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ad.mi.nis.t?a.sj??/
Noun
administration f (plural administrations)
- management (administration; the process or practice of managing)
Derived terms
- conseil d'administration
Further reading
- “administration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Noun
administration (plural administrationes)
- administration (act of administering)
Swedish
Noun
administration c
- administration
Declension
Synonyms
- förvaltning
administration From the web:
- what administration created ice
- what administration started social security
- what administration started taxing social security
- what administration started the keystone pipeline
- what administration started common core
- what administration mean
- what administration started welfare
- what administration bailed out the banks
municipality
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French municipalité (Edmund Burke); synchronically analyzable as municipal +? -ity.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /mj??n?s??pæl?ti/
Noun
municipality (plural municipalities)
- A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.
- The governing body of such a district.
Related terms
Translations
Scots
Etymology
Borrowed from English municipality.
Noun
municipality (plural municipalities)
- municipality
municipality From the web:
- what municipality do i live in
- what municipality do i live in nj
- what municipality is punta cana in
- what municipality do i live in ohio
- what municipality do i live in wi
- what municipality do i live in ny
- what municipality do i live in florida
- what municipality am i in wisconsin
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