administration, disposal: a method of tending to (especially business) matters administration, governance, governing_body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation: 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" administration, giving_medication: the act of administering medication presidency, presidential_term, administration: the tenure of a president; "things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration"