- across-the-board
- adjective affecting everyone or everything in a situation or organization: an across-the-board pay increase - across-the-board adverb
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
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across-the-board — Ⅰ. across the board UK US adjective [usually before noun] ► involving everyone or everything in a company, situation, group, etc.: an across the board cut/decline/reduction »This economic plan calls for a 15% across the board cut in personal… … Financial and business terms
across the board — {adv. phr.} 1. So that equal amounts of money are bet on the same horse to win a race, to place second, or third. * /I bet $6 on the white horse across the board./ Often used with hyphens as an adjective. * /I made an across the board bet on the… … Dictionary of American idioms
across the board — {adv. phr.} 1. So that equal amounts of money are bet on the same horse to win a race, to place second, or third. * /I bet $6 on the white horse across the board./ Often used with hyphens as an adjective. * /I made an across the board bet on the… … Dictionary of American idioms
across-the-board — adj. 1. broad in scope or content {limited, exclusive} Syn: all embracing, all inclusive, blanket(prenominal), broad, complete, global, panoptic, wide [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
across-the-board — across* the board [ə krɔsȓə bɔ:d] <engl. ; eigtl. »pauschal«> an fünf aufeinanderfolgenden Tagen zur gleichen Zeit gesendet (von Werbesendungen in Funk u. Fernsehen) … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
across the board — All the months of a particular futures contract or futures option contract, for example, if all the copper contracts open limit up, they were limit up across the board. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary Movement or trend in the stock market that … Financial and business terms
across\ the\ board — adv. phr. 1. So that equal amounts of money are bet on the same horse to win a race, to place second, or third. I bet $6 on the white horse across the board. Often used with hyphens as an adjective. I made an across the board bet on the white… … Словарь американских идиом
across-the-board — a,cross the board adjective 1. ) involving everyone or everything in a place or situation: They face tough across the board budget cuts. 2. ) AMERICAN if you make an across the board BET, you win money if the horse you choose comes first, second … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
across-the-board — a.cross the board adj, adv also across the board affecting everyone or everything in a situation or organization ▪ an across the board pay increase ▪ In July everything we sell is reduced right across the board … Dictionary of contemporary English
Across The Board — A market wide directional movement, or a market condition in which most stocks and sectors are moving in the same direction. These movements are usually caused by market wide events. If you hear in the financial media that the stock market is up… … Investment dictionary
across-the-board — adjective Date: 1945 1. placed to win if a competitor wins, places, or shows < an across the board racing bet > 2. embracing or affecting all classes or categories ; blanket < an across the board price increase > … New Collegiate Dictionary
