man·age·ment (m?n??j-m?nt)n.1. The act, manner, or practice of managing; handling, supervision, or control: management of factory workers.2. The person or persons who control or direct a business or other enterprise.3. Skill in managing; executive ability.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.management (?mæn?d?m?nt) n1. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) the members of the executive or administration of an organization or business. See also line management, middle management, top management2. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) managers or employers collectively3. the technique, practice, or science of managing, controlling or dealing with: anger management. 4. the skilful or resourceful use of materials, time, etc5. (Medicine) the specific treatment of a disease, disorder, etcCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014man?age?ment (?mæn ?d? m?nt) n. 1. the act or process of managing. 2. skill in managing; executive ability. 3. the persons controlling and directing an enterprise; executives. 4. such persons considered as a class (disting. from labor). [1590?1600] man`age?men?tal (-?m?n tl) adj. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.managementmanage – Once a noun meaning “age at which one becomes a man.”sui juris – “Legally competent to manage one’s own affairs.”agronomy – The management and husbandry of land.improvement – Its early spelling was emprowement, meaning “profit, profitable use or management.”Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.