governing body

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Noun

governing body - 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"

governance, organisation, administration, brass, establishment, organization

body - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body"

authorities, government, regime - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities"

Curia - (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church

top brass - the most important persons in a governing body

executive - persons who administer the law

judiciary, bench - persons who administer justice

county council - the elected governing body of a county

government officials, officialdom - people elected or appointed to administer a government

pecking order, power structure, hierarchy - the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body

management - those in charge of running a business

advisory board, planning board - a board appointed to advise the chief administrator

Translations

governing body

n (of sport, professional association) → leitendes Gremium; (of school) → ˜ Schulbeirat m; (of university) → Senat m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

governing body

n → consiglio di amministrazione

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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