different between administration vs negotiation

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)

1. (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.
2. (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.

3. (uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.

4. (uncountable, business) Management.
5. (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)

1. 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)

1. administration (act of administering)

Swedish

Noun

administration c

1. administration

Declension

Synonyms

• förvaltning

English

Alternative forms

• negociation (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French négociation, or from Latin negotiatio (“the carrying on of business, a wholesale business”), from negotiari (“to carry on business”); see negotiate.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /n???o??i?e???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /n??????i?e???n/
• Hyphenation: ne?go?ti?a?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

negotiation (countable and uncountable, plural negotiations)

1. The process of achieving agreement through discussion.

Hyponyms

• content negotiation (Web)

Related terms

• negotiable
• negotiate
• negotiator
• otiose

Translations

See also

• arbitration

Further reading

• negotiation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• negotiation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• negotiation in The Negotiation Experts, 1996