aboveboard
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Aboveboard Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Aboveboard
(adv.)
Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception.
(adv.)
Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception.
| WordNet 2.0 |
aboveboard
Adjective
1. without concealment or deception; honest; "their business was open and aboveboard"; "straightforward in all his business affairs"
(synonym) straightforward
(similar) straight
Adverb
1. in an honest manner; "in he can't get it honestly, he is willing to steal it"; "was known for dealing aboveboard in everything"
(synonym) honestly
Adjective
1. without concealment or deception; honest; "their business was open and aboveboard"; "straightforward in all his business affairs"
(synonym) straightforward
(similar) straight
Adverb
1. in an honest manner; "in he can't get it honestly, he is willing to steal it"; "was known for dealing aboveboard in everything"
(synonym) honestly
| GLOSSARY OF ESOTERIC WORDS |
aboveboard
adj. Without concealment, fraud, or trickery.
adj. Without concealment, fraud, or trickery.
| hEnglish - advanced version |
aboveboard
aboveboard
\a*bove"board`\ (&?;), adv. above the board or table. hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. "fair and aboveboard."
note: this expression is said by johnson to have been borrowed from gamesters, who, when they change their cards, put their hands under the table.
aboveboard
\a*bove"board`\ (&?;), adv. above the board or table. hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. "fair and aboveboard."
note: this expression is said by johnson to have been borrowed from gamesters, who, when they change their cards, put their hands under the table.
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aboveboard
Without concealment, fraud, or trickery.
Without concealment, fraud, or trickery.