Associations to the word «Administrative»

Wiktionary

ADMINISTRATIVE, adjective. Of or relating to administering or administration.
ADMINISTRATIVE KINGSHIP, noun. The government of a country by a sovereign via a formally constituted bureaucracy.
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, noun. (legal) All the laws that pertain to the administrative agencies of government.
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, noun. A leave of absence under unusual circumstances, especially such leave that is enforced during a disciplinary investigation.

Dictionary definition

ADMINISTRATIVE, adjective. Of or relating to or responsible for administration.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats