directorate

n.

1. The office or position of a director.
2. A board of directors, as of a corporation.
3. The entire staff of a bureau or department.

Office or group of organizational directors, also called directorship. It is a group of people elected by shareholders to establish company policies.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution
  Synonym: board of directors

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ledelse, direktørembede

Nederlands (Dutch)
directoraat, directie, raad van commissarissen

Français (French)
n. - conseil d'administration

Deutsch (German)
n. - Leitung, Vorstand

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διεύθυνση (υπουργείου κ.λπ.), (ιστ., μτφ.) διευθυντήριο

Italiano (Italian)
direzione, direttorio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - diretório (m), diretoria (f)

Русский (Russian)
дирекция

Español (Spanish)
n. - junta directiva, consejo de administración

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - direktörsbefattning, direktion

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
董事或理事之职, 理事会, 董事会

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 董事或理事之職, 理事會, 董事會

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 감독관의 자리, 이사회

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 重役会, 重役の職

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المديريه, منصب أو مكتب المدير, مجلس الإدارة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הנהלה, מנהלות‬

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