across the board

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a⋅cross-the-board

[uh-kraws-th

uh-bawrd, -bohrd, uh-kros-]

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–adjective

1.	applying to all employees, members, groups, or categories; general: The across-the-board pay increase means a raise for all employees.

2.	(of a bet) covering all possibilities of winning on a given result, esp. by placing a combination bet on one horse in a race for win, place, and show.

Origin:
1940–45

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board

[bawrd, bohrd]

–noun

1.	a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.

2.	a flat slab of wood or other material for some specific purpose: a cutting board.

3.	a sheet of wood, cardboard, paper, etc., with or without markings, for some special use, as a checkerboard or chessboard.

boards,

a.	Theater. the stage: The play will go on the boards next week.

b.	the wooden fence surrounding the playing area of an ice-hockey rink.

c.	a racing course made of wood, used esp. in track meets held indoors: his first time running on boards.

5.	Bookbinding. stiff cardboard or other material covered with paper, cloth, or the like to form the covers for a book.

6.	Building Trades. composition material made in large sheets, as plasterboard or corkboard.

7.	a table, esp. to serve food on.

8.	daily meals, esp. as provided for pay: twenty dollars a day for room and board.

9.	an official group of persons who direct or supervise some activity: a board of directors.

10.

Nautical.

a.	the side of a ship.

b.	one leg, or tack, of the course of a ship beating to windward.

11.	Railroads. a fixed signal or permanent sign regulating traffic.

12.	a flat surface, as a wall or an object of rectangular shape, on which something is posted, as notices or stock-market quotations: a bulletin board.

13.	surfboard.

14.

Computers.

a.	Also called card, circuit board. a piece of fiberglass or other material upon which chips can be mounted to perform specific functions.

b.	plugboard (def. 2).

15.	Electronics. circuit board (def. 2).

16.	a switchboard.

17.

Australian.

a.	the area of a woolshed where shearing is done.

b.	a crew of shearers working in a particular woolshed.

c.	sheep about to be sheared.

18.	Obsolete. the edge, border, or side of anything.

–verb (used with object)

19.	to cover or close with boards (often fol. by up or over): to board up a house; to board over a well.

20.	to furnish with meals, or with meals and lodging, esp. for pay: They boarded him for $50 a week.

21.	to go on board of or enter (a ship, train, etc.).

22.	to allow on board: We will be boarding passengers in approximately ten minutes.

23.	to come up alongside (a ship), as to attack or to go on board: The pirate ship boarded the clipper.

24.	Obsolete. to approach; accost.

–verb (used without object)

25.	to take one's meals, or be supplied with food and lodging at a fixed price: Several of us board at the same rooming house.

26.	Ice Hockey. to hit an opposing player with a board check.

—Idioms

27.

across the board,

a.	Racing. betting on a horse or dog to finish first, second, or third, so that any result where a selection wins, places, or shows enables the bettor to collect.

b.	applying to or affecting every person, class, group, etc.

28.

go by the board,

a.	to go over the ship's side.

b.	to be destroyed, neglected, or forgotten: All his devoted labor went by the board.

29.

on board,

a.	on or in a ship, plane, or other vehicle: There were several movie stars on board traveling incognito.

b.	Baseball. on base: There were two men on board as the next batter came up.

c.	present and functioning as a member of a team or organization.

Also, aboard.

30.	on the boards, in the theatrical profession: The family has been on the boards since grandfather's time.

31.	tread the boards. tread (def. 22).

Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE bord board, table, shield; c. D boord board, bord plate, G Bort, ON borth, Goth -baurd

Related forms:

board⋅a⋅ble, adjective

boardlike, adjective

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board (bôrd, bōrd)

A long flat slab of sawed lumber; a plank.
A flat piece of wood or similarly rigid material adapted for a special use.
Games A flat surface on which a game is played.
The hard cover of a book.
boards A theater stage.
1. A table, especially one set for serving food.
2. Food or meals considered as a whole: board and lodging.
3. A scoreboard.
4. A tote board.
5. boards The wooden structure enclosing an ice hockey rink.
6. A diving board.
7. A surfboard.
8. A snowboard.
9. A backboard.
10. A rebound.
11. The side of a ship.
12. A leeboard.
13. A centerboard.
14. A blackboard.
15. A bulletin board.
A table at which official meetings are held; a council table.
An organized body of administrators or investigators: a board of trustees; a board of directors.
An electrical-equipment panel.
Computer Science A circuit board.
Sports
1. A scoreboard.
2. A tote board.
3. boards The wooden structure enclosing an ice hockey rink.
4. A diving board.
5. A surfboard.
6. A snowboard.
7. A backboard.
8. A rebound.
9. The side of a ship.
10. A leeboard.
11. A centerboard.
12. A blackboard.
13. A bulletin board.
Basketball
1. A backboard.
2. A rebound.
3. The side of a ship.
4. A leeboard.
5. A centerboard.
6. A blackboard.
7. A bulletin board.
Nautical
1. The side of a ship.
2. A leeboard.
3. A centerboard.
4. A blackboard.
5. A bulletin board.
Obsolete A border or an edge.
A usually large, vertically positioned flat surface used for writing or posting, especially:
1. A blackboard.
2. A bulletin board.

v. board·ed, board·ing, boards

v. tr.

To cover or close with boards: board up a broken window.
1. To furnish with meals in return for pay.
2. To house where board is furnished: board a horse at a stable.
3. To enter or go aboard (a vehicle or ship).
4. To allow (passengers) on board.
5. Nautical To come alongside (a ship).
1. To enter or go aboard (a vehicle or ship).
2. To allow (passengers) on board.
3. Nautical To come alongside (a ship).
Sports To force (an opposing hockey player) into the boards with a body check.
Obsolete To approach.

v. intr.

To use a snowboard, skateboard, surfboard, or similar item.
To receive meals or food and lodging as a paying customer.

[Middle English bord, from Old English.]

Word Origin & History

board (1)

O.E. bord "a plank, flat surface," from P.Gmc. *bortham (cf. Goth. fotu-baurd "foot-stool," Ger. Brett "plank"), from PIE *bhrdho- "board," from base *bher- "to cut." See also board (2), with which this is so confused as practically to form one word. A board is thinner than a plank, and generally less than 2.5 inches thick. The transf. meaning "food" (1386) is an extension of the O.E. sense of "table;" hence, also, above board "honest, open" (1620). Another extension is to "council (that meets at a table)," 1613. Boarder is attested from 1530. Boarding-school is from 1677. Boardwalk is from 1872, originally Amer.Eng.

Financial Dictionary

Across The Board

A market-wide directional movement. In other words, a market condition in which most stocks and sectors are moving in the same direction. These movements are usually caused by market-wide events.

Investopedia Commentary

If you hear in the financial media that the "stock market is up across the board", it means that most of the stocks in the market are up on that day's trading. The term comes from the NYSE big board, a large board on which stock prices were once written, so when the majority of prices were up or down, the movement was shown "across the board".

Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: board
Function: noun
often cap 1 a : a group of individuals having managerial, supervisory, investigatory, or advisory powers over a public or private business, trust, or other organization or institution <Board of Regents> <Board of Bar Overseers> b : BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2 a : a group of citizens elected to administer the business of or an aspect of the business of a political unit (as a town or county) board of selectmen> b : a federal, state, or local government agency —see also National Labor Relations Board in the IMPORTANT AGENCIES section
3 : a securities or commodities exchange —see also BOARD OF TRADE

Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: board
Pronunciation: 'bO(&)rd, 'bo(&)rd
Function: noun
1 : a group of persons having supervisory, managerial, investigatory, oradvisory powers boards> board of health>
2 : an examination given by an examining board —often used in pluralboards>

Idioms & Phrases

across the board

Applying to all the individuals in a group, as in They promised us an across-the-board tax cut, that is, one applying to all taxpayers, regardless of income. This expression comes from horse racing, where it refers to a bet that covers all possible ways of winning money on a race: win (first), place (second), or show (third). The board here is the notice-board on which the races and betting odds are listed. Its figurative use dates from the mid-1900s.

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