- the activity of governing a country or controlling a company or an organization; the way in which a country is governed or a company or institution is controlled
- He emphasized the company's commitment to high standards of corporate governance.
- The aim is to include representatives of all ethnic groups in the governance of the new state.
- The government is stressing the link between aid and good governance in poor countries.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGovernance is used before these nouns:- structure
- faculty
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from governer, from Latin gubernare ‘to steer, rule’, from Greek kubernan ‘to steer’.
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