the power to govern
management, administration
Cases of word usage
1) off the management of business or government affairs (administrative)
2) an official representing the government of her or his country in a foreign country (ambassador)
3) the political theory that organized government and laws are undesirable (anarchism)
4) the absence of organized government (anarchy)
5) (a place for keeping) public or government records, especially for historical reasons (archives)
6) (a country with) government by people of the highest social class (aristocracy)
7) a government building where weapons and ammunition are made or stored (arsenal)
8) government by a ruler who has unlimited power (autocracy)
9) (in England) a (part of a) town that elects an MP or a local government council (borough)
10) government by paid officials not elected by the people who keep their positions whatever political party is in power (bureaucracy)