Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to administration; executive; administering.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to administration; administering; executive.
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- adjective Of or relating to
administering oradministration .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or responsible for administration
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Examples
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The administrative agencies -- the term administrative agencies is a broad term, and it includes ...
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It is now stalled in what we call administrative area on the Kuwaiti border.
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Chavez says his government has decided the consulate will shut its doors in what he called an "administrative closing" after the consul was expelled by the U.S. State Department.
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Chavez says his government has decided the consulate will shut its doors in what he called an "administrative closing" after the consul was expelled by the U.S. State Department.
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The UN has cut school meals because of what it describes as an administrative problem with the supply chain.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Yale later apologized to Dongguk in late 2007 for what it called an administrative error.
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They did not tell us that they would skim off over half of the take in for what they call administrative costs or operational expenses I call them bloated salaries and perks.
The Seattle Times 2011
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But what - instead of what we call administrative boards of inquiry or judicial commissions of inquiry - it takes a long time (to/too?) - so when this thing happened happen again in
Vanguard azuakanwa 2010
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I wonder if got a "paid vacation" (what they called administrative leave) and a promotion?
Reinke Faces Life 2009
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And that's principally what I'm talking about there, the ability of the president to control the structure of the executive branch, not agencies -- the term administrative agencies is not synonymous with agencies like the FTC which was involved in the Humphrey's Executor case where the agency is headed by a commission and commissioners are appointed by the president for a term of office and there are conditions placed on the removal of the agency -- of the commissioners.
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