manage
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manage man‧age [ˈmænɪdʒ] verb
1. [intransitive, transitive] COMMERCE to direct or control a business, part of a business, or the people who work in it:
• He will be managing a staff of about 1,500.
• The unions had undermined the employers' ability to manage.
2. [transitive] FINANCE if a financial institution manages someone's money, it decides when and where to invest it:
• investors who use trading advisers to manage their money in futures markets
• professionally managed pension funds
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manage UK US /ˈmænɪdʒ/ verb
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Managing a large corporation has become more complex and challenging.
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What kind of skills and qualities do people need to manage?
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Early biotech companies typically were founded, staffed and managed by scientists.
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He's not very good at managing people.
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Young people often need help in managing their finances.
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Can you give me some advice on how to manage my time better?
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She works for a Boston-based private-equity firm that manages about $2 billion in energy industry investments.
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All our funds are managed by expert investment advisors.
Financial and business terms.
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Look at other dictionaries:
MANAGE — Manage … Wikipédia en Français
Manage — Manage … Deutsch Wikipedia
Manage/m — Technical Operations WebSuitemanage/m is a toolbox of web based applications from Lufthansa Technik AG. manage/m allows the Lufthansa Technik’s customers to control all aspects of their fleet’s technical operations online via the Internet (www).… … Wikipedia
Manage — Man age, n. [F. man[ e]ge, It. maneggio, fr. maneggiare to manage, fr. L. manushand. Perhaps somewhat influenced by F. m[ e]nage housekeeping, OF. mesnage, akin to E. mansion. See {Manual}, and cf. {Manege}.] The handling or government of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Manage — Man age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Managed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Managing}.] [From {Manage}, n.] 1. To have under control and direction; to conduct; to guide; to administer; to treat; to handle. [1913 Webster] Long tubes are cumbersome, and scarce to be… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
manage — [v1] be in charge, control administer, advocate, boss, call the shots*, call upon, captain, care for, carry on, command, concert, conduct, counsel, designate, direct, disburse, dominate, engage in, engineer, execute, govern, guide, handle, head,… … New thesaurus
Manage — Man age, v. i. To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to administer. [1913 Webster] Leave them to manage for thee. Dryden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
manage — [man′ij] vt. managed, managing [It maneggiare < mano, hand < L manus: see MANUAL] 1. Obs. to train (a horse) in its paces; cause to do the exercises of the manège 2. to control the movement or behavior of; handle 3. to have charge of;… … English World dictionary
manage — I verb administer, administrare, administrate, be in power, boss, care for, carry on, command, conduct, control, cope with, dictate, direct, disburse, dominate, engineer, execute, exercise authority, govern, guide, handle, have control, have… … Law dictionary
manage — (v.) 1560s, probably from It. maneggiare to handle, especially to control a horse, ultimately from Latin noun manus hand (see MANUAL (Cf. manual) (adj.)). Influenced by Fr. manège horsemanship (earliest English sense was of handling horses),… … Etymology dictionary
