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a·cross-the-board

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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

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–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 Audio Help (bôrd, bōrd) Pronunciation Key
n.

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 receive meals or food and lodging as a paying customer.

[Middle English bord, from Old English.]

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across the board
adverb
including all; "we got a pay raise across the board"

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across the board also adjective

an across-the-board increase

Arabic:	يَنْطَبِقُ على الجَميع
Chinese (Simplified):	全面的
Chinese (Traditional):	全面的
Czech:	všeobecný
Danish:	over hele linjen
Dutch:	over de hele linie
Estonian:	üldine
Finnish:	yleinen
French:	général
German:	quer durch die Bank
Greek:	γενικός, καθολικός
Hungarian:	az egész vonalon
Icelandic:	á línuna, í öllum tifellum
Indonesian:	mencakup semua
Italian:	generale

Japanese:	全面的に
Latvian:	uz visiem attiecināms; vispārējs
Lithuanian:	visais lygiais
Norwegian:	over hele linjen
Polish:	bez wyjątków, całościowy
Portuguese (Brazil):	geral
Portuguese (Portugal):	geral
Romanian:	general
Russian:	для всех; во всех случаях
Slovak:	všeobecný
Slovenian:	splošen, na splošno
Spanish:	general
Swedish:	allmän, generell
Turkish:	herkesi kapsayan