Mān'ağe-ment, n.
n. [Fr. ménagement, O. Fr. management. See supra.]
Sense 1. The act of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using for a purpose; conduct; administration; as, the management of a family or of a farm; the management of state affairs.
All directions, as to the management of the voice, must be regarded as subsidiary to the expression of feeling. Porter.
Sense 2. Cunning practice; conduct directed by art or address; skillful treatment;—often in a bad sense. “The management of the grounds and plantations.” Wordsworth.
Mark with what management their tribes divide. Dryden.
He had great management with ecclesiastics, in the view to be advanced to the pontificate. Addison.
Sense 3. The collective body of those who manage or direct any enterprise or interest; the board of managers.
Synonyms—Conduct; administration; government; direction; guidance; disposal; care; charge; contrivance; intrigue.