management

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The act, manner, or practice of managing; handling, supervision, or control.
• noun The person or persons who control or direct a business or other enterprise.
• noun Skill in managing; executive ability.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The act of managing physically; handling; manipulation; physical or manual control or guidance: as, the management of a horse in riding; the management of a gun.
• noun The act of managing by direction or regulation; intellectual control; conduct; administration; as, the management of a family, or of a theater; a board of management.
• noun Manner of managing; use of artifice, contrivance, skill, or prudence in doing anything.
• noun Negotiation; transaction; dealing.
• noun Collectively, the body of directors or managers of any undertaking, concern, or interets; a board of directors of managers.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun The act or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration; guidance; control
• noun Business dealing; negotiation; arrangement.
• noun Judicious use of means to accomplish an end; conduct directed by art or address; skillful treatment; cunning practice; -- often in a bad sense.
• noun The collective body of those who manage or direct any enterprise or interest; the board of managers.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun uncountable, management administration; the process or practice of managing.
• noun management The executives of an organisation, especially senior executives.
• noun uncountable Judicious use of means to accomplish an end.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun the act of managing something
• noun those in charge of running a business