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(Internet, rare) The state or period of being an admin.
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(computing) The role of an administrator; administratorship.
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A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by such unit of government.
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The bodies that have political or administrative power and control in a particular sphere
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A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
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a member of the board of directors of an association or company.
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Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation.
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An officer who had charge of records or other public papers.
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A temporary office arranged on a regular basis to allow politicians to meet their constituents.
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Of, relating to, or conferring a commission.
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A member of a commission.
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The role or office of commissioner.
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A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.
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The municipal governing body of a borough or city.
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Alternative letter-case form of crown corporation [(business) A corporation that is owned or controlled by the government, in a region where the sovereign is a monarch.]
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A type of trade bloc which is composed of a free trade area with a common external tariff.
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(often in proper names) One of the principal divisions of executive government
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(UK) Abbreviation of Exchequer. [(Britain) The government department that collects and manages revenue.]
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Abbreviation of executive. [A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.]
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Of, pertaining to, or having responsibility for the day-to-day running of an organisation, business, country, etc.
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(management) A subcommittee of a board authorized to make some decisions on behalf of the entire board.
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An individual who is employed by or represents any department or agency of the United States Government.
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An international region in which obstacles to unrestricted trade have been reduced to a minimum.
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The group of people who make up an administrative body.
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Obsolete form of governance. [The process, or the power, of governing; government or administration.]
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(grammar) A constituent of a phrase that is governed by another.
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The act of governing; government.
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Alternative form of home rule [The rule or government of an appendant or dependent country, as to some or all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country.]
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The office or function of an internuncio.
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An unincorporated association of people who join together for the purpose of defining and enforcing local law.
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(Canada, slang) A provincial or territorial legislative assembly.
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(dated) A male lobbyist.
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A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
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(Britain) a self-governing administrative body within the NHS; usually a group of hospitals
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A person who holds an office, especially one appointed or elected to a public office; an incumbent
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Alternative spelling of order-in-council [In some Commonwealth parliamentary systems, a legally-enforceable decree by the executive branch of a government.]
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A (usually non-violent) coup d'état carried out by people who were already part of the group in power before the coup.
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(UK) An organisation which represents an entire sector of industry or the community to the government, often incorporating other organisations in that area.
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A senior advisor who provides advice on how to deal with the news media and helps the employer to maintain a positive public image.
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(obsolete, historical, Ancient Greece) Any law, which, after it had passed the Athenian senate, was fixed on a tablet for public inspection before being proposed to the general assembly of the people.
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(government) A period of time when the proceedings of a parliament, committee, court of law, or other official body are temporarily suspended.
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(obsolete) The state or office of a ruler; rulership.
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(Commonwealth) The director of the General Register Office.
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(politics) The second-most important city of a country or region.
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A meeting of a council, court, school, or legislative body to conduct its business.
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Of, being, or pertaining to an administrative level below cabinet level.
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A member of a subcommittee.
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The state or business of a subpostmaster.
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the executive of a subprefecture
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Relating to a superintendent
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(US) A district for the collection of customs under a particular officer.
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(dated) The sitting of an assembly to discuss a matter.
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A government department that manages government finances.
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Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another.
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(metonymically) The Warsaw Treaty Organization that was established by the above treaty; a strategic alliance comparable and opposed to NATO.
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(UK, industrial relations) The system of regular formal consultative meetings between workers and employers ("Whitley councils") to deal with issues and take matters to arbitration if necessary.
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(historical, countable) A specific session of such an assembly.
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An organization representing workers within a commercial corporation, known in several European jurisdictions.
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Alternative letter-case form of World Heritage Site [A place listed by UNESCO as being of special cultural or physical significance.]
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