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Definition of Administrative unit
1. Noun. A unit with administrative responsibilities.
Specialized synonyms: Inland Revenue, Ir, Ordnance Survey, Division, Un Agency, United Nations Agency, Council, Secretariat, Secretariate, Commission, Committee, Agency, Authority, Bureau, Federal Agency, Government Agency, Office, Intelligence, Intelligence Agency, Intelligence Service, International Law Enforcement Agency, Redevelopment Authority, Regulatory Agency, Regulatory Authority, Weather Bureau, Placement Center, Placement Office, Child Welfare Agency, Child Welfare Service, Russian Agency
Generic synonyms: Social Unit, Unit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Administrative Unit
Literary usage of Administrative unit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. State and County School Administration by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley, Edward Charles Elliott (1922)
"From the beginning of the organization of the public school system the school
district has been the smallest administrative unit. ..."
2. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"... exist to the present day, supplying both public offices and the private
residence of the Collector. As an administrative unit, the District of ..."
3. Indian Polity: A View of the System of Administration in India by George Tomkyns Chesney (1894)
"The district the administrative unit. Extent of an Indian district. ... The district
is the administrative unit, corresponding with the ' department' of ..."
4. The Means and Methods of Agricultural Education by Albert H. Leake (1915)
"THE COUNTY AS THE administrative unit The county should be taken as the unit of
organization for school purposes. It should be given full control over all ..."
5. The Practice of Silviculture, with Particular Reference to Its Application by Ralph Chipman Hawley (1921)
"Generically, any administrative unit; specifically, an aggregate of ...
An administrative unit, as National forest, State forest, Municipal forest. ..."
6. The Theory and Practice of Working Plans (forest Organization) by Arthur Bernhard Recknagel (1917)
"Economic reasons may warrant the over-cutting on one administrative unit and ...
Where administrative unit areas belonging to the same owner are far apart ..."
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