governance

2 definitions found

governance - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Governance \Gov"ern*ance\, n. [F. gouvernance.]
     Exercise of authority; control; government; arrangement.
     --Chaucer. --J. H. Newman.
     [1913 Webster]

governance - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  governance
      n 1: the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up
           a body for the purpose of administering something; "he
           claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the
           governance of an association is responsible to its
           members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the
           establishment" [syn: administration, governance,
           governing body, establishment, brass, organization,
           organisation]
      2: the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for
         the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable
         experience of government" [syn: government, governing,
         governance, government activity, administration]