different between safekeeping vs administration

English

Etymology

safe +? keeping

Noun

safekeeping (usually uncountable, plural safekeepings)

1. the act of keeping something safe; protection from harm, damage, loss, or theft
2. the storage of assets in a protected area
3. the responsibility of a guardian
4. (US) not returning checks; a system wherein banks keep checks (cheques) that people write, rather than returning them to the account holder with their monthly statement.

Translations

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