Governance

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  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}, {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},
           {government activity}]