(n.) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management.
(n.) The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
(n.) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.
(n.) The management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no competent executor.
(n.) The management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use.
Example Sentences:
(1) We conclude that chronic emphysema produced in dogs by aerosol administration of papain results in elevated pulmonary artery pressure, which is characterized pathologically by medial hypertrophy of small pulmonary arteries.
(2) Intravesical BCG is clearly superior to oral BCG, and controlled studies have demonstrated that percutaneous administration is not necessary.
(3) Morphological alterations in the lungs of pheasants after prolonged high-dosage administration of bleomycin sulfate were studied by light and electron microscopy.
(4) The LD50 of the following metal-binding chelating drugs, EDTA, diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), hydroxyethylenediaminetriacetic acid (HEDTA), cyclohexanediaminotetraacetic acid (CDTA) and triethylenetetraminehexaacetic acid (TTHA) was evaluated in terms of mortality in rats after intraperitoneal administration and was found to be in the order: CDTA greater than EDTA greater than DTPA greater than TTHA greater than HEDTA.
(5) administration of the potent short-acting opioid, fentanyl, elicited inhibition of rhythmic spontaneous reflex increases in vesical pressure (VP) evoked by urinary bladder distension.
(6) Meanwhile the efficiency of muscarinic antagonists in inhibition of tremor reaction induced by arecoline administration is associated with interaction between the drugs and the M2-subtype.
(7) In a climate in which medical staffs are being sued as a result of their decisions in peer review activities, hospitals' administrative and medical staffs are becoming more cautious in their approach to medical staff privileging.
(8) Hepatic lymph flow increased only after ethacrynic acid and mannitol administration.
(9) Mannose receptor mediated uptake by the reticuloendothelial system has been suggested as an explanation for the rapid removal of ricin A chain antibody conjugates from the circulation after their administration.
(10) The statistical T value calculated for the LP-TAE group showed that the administration of LP, the tumor size, intrahepatic metastasis, portal vein infiltration, and serum total bilirubin and alpha-fetoprotein levels significantly (P < 0.01) affected the patients' survival.
(11) The program met with continued support and enthusiasm from nurse administrators, nursing unit managers, clinical educators, ward staff and course participants.
(12) We evaluated the circadian pattern of gastric acidity by prolonged intraluminal pHmetry in 15 "responder" and 10 "nonresponder" duodenal ulcer patients after nocturnal administration of placebo, ranitidine, and famotidine.
(13) Oral administration in domestic cats causes malignant hepatomas and tumors of the esophagus and kidney.
(14) Determination of plasma luteinizing hormone (LH) levels in the peripubertal female rats revealed that plasma LH was increased transiently immediately after NPY administration.
(15) The effects of in vivo administration of native prostaglandin E2 (PGE) on the cycling status of the granulocyte-monocyte progenitor cell (CFU-GM) were examined in a mouse model.
(16) However, there was no consistent protocol for the method or duration of drug administration.
(17) The secretion of GH as measured by increased plasma level, in response to oral administration of 500 mg L-dopa or 30 min-infusion of arginine, was not modified by prior intravenous administration of 200 micrograms GH-releasing hormone (GHRH).
(18) Exogenous administration of estrogen alone or combined with progesterone have been associated with increased plasma cortisol levels.
(19) The simultaneous administration of the yellow fever vaccine did not influence the titre of agglutinins induced by the classic cholera vaccine.
(20) "This was very strategic and it was in line of the ideology of the Bush administration which has been to put in place a free market and conservative agenda."
Insolvent
Definition:
(a.) Not solvent; not having sufficient estate to pay one's debts; unable to pay one's debts as they fall due, in the ordinary course of trade and business; as, in insolvent debtor.
(a.) Not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner; as, an insolvent estate.
(a.) Relating to persons unable to pay their debts.
(n.) One who is insolvent; as insolvent debtor; -- in England, before 1861, especially applied to persons not traders.
Example Sentences:
(1) The GMB union said that there was a risk that vulnerable people could be made homeless, but in the event of insolvency, Southern Cross's 31,000 homes would be run by local authorities or landlords on behalf of an administrator.
(2) Slowing growth, financial fragility, governments teetering on the brink of insolvency and default, and clear signs of a public backlash against the excesses of the rich and powerful: all have created a sombre backdrop to the invitation-only affair.
(3) The boys attempted to solve two different sets of 10 find-a-word puzzles, one set following exposure to solvable puzzles, and one set following exposure to insolvable puzzles.
(4) The number of people in England and Wales entering insolvency fell in the first three months of 2012, but debt charities warned the figures represented "the tip of the iceberg" of the UK's debt problems.
(5) But the insolvency profession trade body, R3, blamed the Insolvency Service for not providing clear guidelines on how to complete the SIP 16 forms and said the changes could drive up costs.
(6) Six months later, Greece is in effect insolvent, on the brink of the common currency's first case of sovereign debt default unless it is bailed out.
(7) At that point the Bank regarded the problem as one of liquidity – a lack of cash flow – rather than the risk of insolvency.
(8) "When the economy finally does improve, the number of corporate insolvencies will continue to rise, even if at a slower rate, due to a lag effect.
(9) As a result, and regardless of how the charity is established, trustees can attract personal liability for the debts or losses of the charity where that charity finds itself in an insolvent situation.
(10) • IVAs can only be drawn up and presented to creditors by a licensed insolvency practitioner.
(11) We examined the effects of methylphenidate on the task persistence of 21 boys with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), after they had been exposed to both solvable and insolvable problems.
(12) She said the company's directors could not be held liable as they step aside during the insolvency process.
(13) A charity will be considered to be insolvent when it is unable to pay its debts as they fall due.
(14) The chancellor, Alistair Darling, told MPs yesterday that the ailing mutual, the UK's 12th largest, was close to insolvency.
(15) The onerous terms of the deeply unpopular “memoranda”, agreed with foreign lenders to keep insolvent Greece afloat, would be overturned.
(16) If a bank becomes insolvent the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) steps in.
(17) An insolvency specialist today warned of a "deluge" of business failures next year, saying the UK is in the mid-point of a W-shaped recession.
(18) Merkel has become increasingly isolated in the last fortnight over Germany's insistence that Greece's private creditors – the banks, pension funds and insurance companies holding much of the insolvent country's €340bn of debt – have to take "haircuts" or sizeable losses on their investments as part of this second deal to rescue Greece.
(19) SWANSEA CITY Accounts for the year to 31 May 2014 Ownership Martin Morgan, 23.7%; Brian Katzen, 21.1%; Swansea City Supporters Society Limited (supporters trust) 21.1%; chairman Huw Jenkins 13.2%; Robert Davies 10.5% Turnover 13th highest, £99m (up from £67m in 2013) Match income £9m Media £81m Commercial and other £9m Wage bill Joint 14th highest, £63m (up from £49m in 2013) Wages as proportion of turnover 64% Profit before tax £1m (down from £21m in 2013) Net debt Nil; £2m cash in the bank Interest payable £0.015m Highest-paid director Huw Jenkins, £550,000 State they’re in The Swans’ epic paddle from bottom division and insolvency to Premier League and new stadium owned by a consortium of fan-businessmen, including 20% held by the supporters trust, was committed to documentary with A Jack to a King.
(20) The engineering company UGL agreed to pay Leung £4m in relation to its acquisition of DTZ Holdings, an insolvent property services firm that had employed Leung as its Asia Pacific director before he took office, Melbourne-based The Age reported on Wednesday .