administración

Definitions of administración
  1. noun
    a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)
    synonyms: disposición, regulación
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    organización
    the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business
    gobierno
    shrewd or crafty management of public affairs
    reconversión, reestructuración, remodelación, reorganización
    the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes)
    auto-organización
    organizing yourself (especially organizing your own labor union)
    sindicación
    organizing into or administering as a syndicate
    type of:
    dirección, gerencia, management
    the act of managing something
  2. noun
    (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
    synonyms: jefatura, ministerio del interior, oficina central, sede
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    oficina
    place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
  3. noun
    the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
    synonyms: gerencia, gobierno
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    ejecutivo
    persons who administer the law
    judicatura
    persons who administer justice
    oficialidad
    people elected or appointed to administer a government
    directivo, gestión
    those in charge of running a business
    administración pública, funcionariado
    government workers; usually hired on the basis of competitive examinations
    burocracia, expedienteo, funcionariado, papeleo
    nonelective government officials
    type of:
    asociación, comunidad, corporación, cuerpo
    a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
  4. noun
    the tenure of a president
    synonyms: presidencia
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    judicatura, legislatura, mandato, titularidad
    the term during which some position is held
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