1) the control or management of the affairs of a government, business or organization (administration)

2) off the management of business or government affairs (administrative)

3) a person or business that represents, or that manages or arranges the affairs of, another or others (agent)

4) the science or art of observing the positions of the stars in the belief that they influence human affairs (astrology)

5) of the official life and affairs of a town or a citizen (civic)

6) (an) opinion, explanation or criticism in speech or writing about an event, book, state of affairs etc (comment)

7) (the belief in) a political and social system which maintains an established state of affairs without great or sudden change (conservatism)

8) a group of people appointed, elected or chosen to give advice, make rules, carry out plans, manage affairs etc, especially of government (council)

9) (a country with a) government in which adult citizens freely elect their political representatives to manage public affairs (democracy)

10) the (skill of) management of a country's affairs by ambassadors and ministers living overseas (diplomacy)