business administration

noun

: a program of studies in a college or university providing general knowledge of business principles and practices

Examples of business administration in a Sentence

a degree in business administration
Recent Examples on the Web Blake has a degree in accounting from Walsh College and a master of business administration from the night and weekend program of Michigan State University, offered in Troy. Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2024 The technology department does not have the same deep knowledge of the city’s neighborhoods — no two of which are alike — as does the small business administration. Peter Madonia, New York Daily News, 12 July 2024 Born in Dallas, Chow studied business administration and screenwriting at USC. Todd Spangler, Variety, 24 June 2024 The structure was central within a geographic triangle formed by the XL Center, where UConn will expand this fall, the Times building and Constitution Plaza, where UConn has long had its master of business administration program. Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for business administration 

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Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of business administration was in 1904

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“Business administration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/business%20administration. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

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