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If a plan or business agreement is above board, it is honest and not trying to deceive anyone: The deal was completely open and above board. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Honesty, openness & sincerity. (as) man to man idiom.
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The meaning of ABOVEBOARD is in a straightforward manner : openly. How to use aboveboard in a sentence.
If a plan or business agreement is above board, it is honest and not trying to deceive anyone: The discussions were completely open and aboveboard. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Honesty, openness & sincerity. (as) man to man idiom.
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straight; without concealment, legitimate; opento do something openlyto not involve any tricksto perform something after clarifyingThe company expected the deal to be cleared above boardand at the fastest pace possible.Don’t try to be tricky dear; we have to make this deal to be above board, totally.The deal between the two parties was completely open and above board.The phrase is speculated to have come from the times when pirates ruled the seas. They would conceal themselves under the deck of the ship which would give a false sense of security to the crew from the (future) victim ship. They would conveniently be hiding “below board”, the board signifying the deck here. So the opposite was considered to be a s...
If something is aboveboard, it's done in a completely honest, straightforward way. When a company's business dealings are aboveboard, they act in an honorable, open manner.
aboveboard. (əbʌvbɔrd ) also above board also above-board. adjective [v-link ADJ] An arrangement or deal that is aboveboard is legal and is being carried out openly and honestly. A person who is aboveboard is open and honest about what they are doing. His business dealings were aboveboard.
above board. phrase. An arrangement or deal that is above board is legal and is being carried out honestly and openly. All I knew about were Antony's own financial dealings, which were always above board. See full dictionary entry for board.
