What does "management" mean?

Management: Business dealing; negotiation; arrangement. He had great managements with ecclesiastics. Addison .

Additional senses

  1. 2.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 management their tribes divide Some stick to you, and some to t'other side. Dryden.
  2. 3.The collective body of those who manage or direct any enterprise or interest; the board of managers.

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