across-the-board
Use Across-the-board in a sentence
ðəˈbɔrd, -ˈboʊrd, əˈkrɒs- 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, especially by placing a combination bet on one horse in a race for win, place, and show.
Origin:
1940–45
1940–45
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| across-the-board | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (of salary increases, taxation cuts, etc) affecting all levels or classes equally |
| 2. | horse racing the US term for each way |
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Across-the-board
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example sentences
Almost half of that is in across-the-board cuts in the way benefits are calculated.
Although the new bill is unlikely to include across-the-board tariffs, it could have sharp teeth.
People also began to notice in him a certain across-the-board fearlessness, based largely in curiosity.
Neo-Academism is big, and getting bigger: it's an across-the-board creative movement.
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