noun
- The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: administration, governance, establishment, brass, organization, organisation
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