Oxford Business English Dictionary for Learners of English

administrative /ad'mmistrativ; AmE-streitiv/ adjective

connected with organizing the work of a business or an institution: We managed to cut administrative costs by 30%. о Staff received their salaries late due to an administrative error, о The company lost key senior administrative staff to its main competitor.

adminstrative charges/costs/expenses * administrative duties/procedures/tasks/work

ad ministrative as sistant noun [c] a person who works in an office, dealing with letters and telephone calls, keeping records, etc.

ad.ministrative 'leave noun [u.c] (AmE) (HR) a time that you are allowed to be away from work with pay for special reasons, such as if you are needed to be on a jury, or when there is an urgent problem: She was placed on administrative leave last week.

ad.ministrative 'management noun [u] (HR) the traditional view of management that is concerned with how a business should be organized and what a good manager should do

administrator /ad'mmistreita(r)/ noun [c]

a person whose job is to manage and organize the public or business affairs of a company or an institution: a pensions administrator

(Finance) a person chosen, often by a court, to manage the financial affairs of a business that does not have enough money to pay its debts

to appoint/call in an administrator

admissible /ad'misabl/ adjective (Law) that can be allowed or accepted, especially in a court: Photographs are usually admissible as/in evidence provided it can be proved that they are authentic. [oppI inadmissible ► admissibility /ad.misa'bilati/ noun [U]

admission /ad'mijn/ noun

[u,c] the act of accepting sb into an institution, an organization, etc.; the right to enter a place or to join an institution or organization: countries applying for admission to the European Union о a 38% reduction in hospital admissions

[C] a statement in which sb admits that sth is true, especially sth wrong or bad that they have done: The sale of the company was an admission of failure.

[U] the amount of money that you pay to go into a building or an event: a 10 admission charge

ad,mission of lia'bility noun [c] (Law) a statement or an act admitting legal responsibility for sth

admit /ad'mit/ verb (-tt-)

[+ obj or no obj] to say that you have done sth wrong or illegal: He admitted theft, о The directors refused to admit to any wrongdoing.

(Law) [+ obj] admit liability (for sth) to say that you are legally responsible for sth: Both companies have admitted liability for the crash.

[+ obj] to allow sb to enter a place, an organization or an institution: China was admitted to the World Trade Organization in 2001.

adopt /a'dopt; AmE a'da:pt/ verb [+ obj] 1 to accept and use a particular idea, system or proposal, especially a new one: Business will move to other centres if we do not adopt modern business methods.

(Marketing) to buy and use a product or service as the normal or official one: a campaign to persuade households to adopt digital television

to support, or partly support, a public place or institution, for example a school, by giving money, usually to make good relations between the company and the local community sponsor verb

adopter /a'dDpta(r); AmE a'da:ptar/ noun [C, usually sing.]

see also: early adopter

(Marketing) a company, an organization or a person who accepts and uses a product, service or system as the normal or official one: The government is a keen adopter of new technologies.

adoption /a'dDpJn; AmEa'dcupjn/ noun

[u] the act of accepting and using a particular idea, system or proposal, especially a new one: the adoption of a new marketing strategy о the adoption of the euro by 12 European nations

О the adoption of a method/practice/proposal/ strategy