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Management

The act or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration; guidance; control; as, the management of a family or of a farm; the management of state affairs.

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Administration 76% connected

The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office…

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Brass 76% connected

An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes cont…

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Establishment 76% connected

The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

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Governance 76% connected

Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement.

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Organization 76% connected

The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action; as, the organization of an army, or of a deliberative body.

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Administration 76% connected

The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office…

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Authorization 76% connected

The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.

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Canalization 76% connected

Construction of, or furnishing with, a canal or canals.

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Conducting 76% connected

of Conduct

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Disposal 76% connected

The act of disposing, or disposing of, anything; arrangement; orderly distribution; a putting in order; as, the disposal of the troops in two lines.

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Finance 76% connected

The income of a ruler or of a state; revennue; public money; sometimes, the income of an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available mo…

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Guidance 76% connected

The act or result of guiding; the superintendence or assistance of a guide; direction; government; a leading.

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Handling 76% connected

of Handle

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House 76% connected

A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a d…

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Misconduct 76% connected

Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement.

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Misdirection 76% connected

The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed.

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Mismanagement 76% connected

Wrong or bad management; as, he failed through mismagement.

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Oversight 76% connected

Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.

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Steering 76% connected

of Steer

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Superintendence 76% connected

The act of superintending; care and oversight for the purpose of direction; supervision.

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Supervising 76% connected

of Supervise

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Supervision 76% connected

The act of overseeing; inspection; superintendence; oversight.

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Treatment 76% connected

The act or manner of treating; management; manipulation; handling; usage; as, unkind treatment; medical treatment.

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Directorate 70% connected

The office of director; also, a body of directors taken jointly.

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Direction 92% connected

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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