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Meanings of administer (administers) in English

Portuguese
conceder
Catalan
adjudicar
Spanish
adjudicar

Administer or bestow, as in small portions.

conceder
Portuguese
administrar
Catalan
gestionar
Spanish
administrar

Work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of.

administrar
Usage of administers in English
1
Anti-Discrimination NSW is the state government body that administers the Anti-Discrimination Act.
The Guardian
2
The Department of State administers the Congressionally-mandated Diversity Immigrant Visa Programme annually.
Jamaica Observer
3
The county clerk administers the oath to the justices of the peace.
Civil Government for Common Schools / Prepared as a Manual for P...
4
The Railway Board administers the railroads, telegraphs, and the port of Alexandria.
History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 12 (o...
5
The judge is not forbidden to ameliorate the law which he administers.
Essays in Literature and History
6
A notice within administers an implied rebuke: 'The First Erected-theLast Restored.'
The Lure of San Francisco: A Romance Amid Old Landmarks
7
Sen. Paul administers pro bono eye surgeries when Congres is in recess.
Ebony
8
Land Information NZ administers Crown land, banked for Treaty settlement purposes.
Radio NZ
9
Others say the bloc may at least change how it administers the process.
Reuters
10
A central agency administers the certificates trading among renewable power generators.
Reuters
11
Already, the Irish Aid budget outstrips that of the Department which administers it.
The Irish Times
12
The American military administers the largest daycare service in the world.
The Disposable Male
13
The money goes to the provincial government, which administers the reserve.
Reuters
14
The Company's purchasing department administers programs enables procurement of food and non-food products.
Reuters
15
South Africa administers Namibia under a 1920 League of Nations mandate.
The new yorker
16
The medicine man administers no remedies; the ceremony is purely religious.
Blackfoot Lodge Tales: The Story of a Prairie People
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