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Webster 1913 Edition
Management
1.
The act or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration; guidance; control;
“The management of the voice.” as, the
management
of a family or of a farm; the management
of a business enterprise; the management
of state affairs. E. Porter.
2.
Business dealing; negotiation; arrangement.
He had great
managements
with ecclesiastics. Addison.
3.
Judicious use of means to accomplish an end; conduct directed by art or address; skillful treatment; cunning practice; – often in a bad sense.
Mark with what
Some stick to you, and some to t’other side.
management
their tribes divideSome stick to you, and some to t’other side.
Dryden.
4.
The collective body of those who manage or direct any enterprise or interest; the board of managers.
Syn. – Conduct; administration; government; direction; guidance; care; charge; contrivance; intrigue.
Webster 1828 Edition
Management
MAN'AGEMENT
,Noun.
1.
Cunning practice; conduct directed by art, design or prudence; contrivance. Mark with what management their tribes divide.
2.
Practice; transaction; dealing. He had great management with ecclesiastics, in the view to be advanced to the pontificate.
3.
Modulation; variation. All directions as to the management of the voice, must be regarded as subsidiary to the expression of feeling.