Definition of Across the board

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across the board
concerning everyone; having an affect on all categories; entirely

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Across the board Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries

Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary
Across the board
Movement or trend in the stock market that affects almost all stocks in all sectors  to move in the same direction.

A Guide to Futures and Options Market Terminology : English-English
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."


Across the board Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

WordNet 2.0
across the board

Adverb
1. including all; "we got a pay raise across the board"
(pertainym) across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, panoptic, wide


across-the-board

Adjective
1. broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"
(synonym) all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, panoptic, wide
(similar) comprehensive

ENGLISH IDIOMS 2.EDITION
across the board
affecting all people, applies to everything We want a salary increase across the board - for all positions.

English Idioms WM 1.3a
across the board
affecting all people, applies to everything
We want a salary increase across the board - for all positions.

hEnglish - advanced version
across-the-board

across-the-board
adj : broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of soviet nationality"- t.g.winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a) , broad, encompassing, panoptic, wide]





Across the board Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries

american horse racing dictionary
Across the board
A bet on a horse to win, place and show. If the horse wins, the player collects three ways; if second, two ways; and if third, one way, losing the win and place bets.


gambling
Across The Board
A method of wagering on a horse to win, place and show