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Across the board,

Definition of Across the board:

  1. Securities trading: Stockmarket movement that affects all or most stocks in the same manner.

  2. Broadcasting: Radio or television program scheduled to be aired for all weekdays, at the same time and on the same station.

  3. If you hear in the financial media that the stock market is up across the board, it means that most of the stocks in the market are up on that day's trading. The term comes from the NYSE big board, a large board on which stock prices were once written; when the majority of prices were up or down, the movement was shown across.

  4. Across the board is a term that refers to 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. The idiom has also come to refer to improved (or decreased) economic performance across all metrics for a particular company's stock, or across a certain portion of a nationa.

  5. (in horse racing) denoting a bet in which equal amounts are staked on the same horse to win, place, or show in a race.

  6. General: Action or decision that affects everyone (more or less the same way) within a particular geographical area, market, or organization.

  7. Applying to all.

Synonyms of Across the board

Across-the-board, All, All put together, All-comprehensive, All-inclusive, Altogether, As a body, As a whole, At large, Blanket, Bodily, Collectively, Compendious, Complete, Comprehensive, Corporately, En bloc, En masse, Encyclopedic, Entirely, Global, In a body, In all, In all respects, In bulk, In its entirety, In the aggregate, In the gross, In the lump, In the mass, In toto, Omnibus, On all counts, Over-all, Panoramic, Sweeping, Synoptic, Total, Totally, Tout ensemble, Universal, Whole, Wholly, Without exception, Without omission

Meaning of Across the board & Across the board Definition

Across The Board,

Across The Board Meanings:

Participation or influence on any person or individual in an industry or company.

Literal Meanings of Across The Board

Across:

Meanings of Across:
  1. Aspects (location, area, etc.)

  2. Express your location or knowledge of the area or section

  3. From side to side, places, areas, etc.

  4. Used to express position or orientation.

  5. Refers to reading crosswords horizontally.

Sentences of Across
  1. I ran across the street

  2. They live in front

  3. He looks at me

Synonyms of Across

from one side of … to the other, on the other side of, beyond, throughout the expanse of, everywhere on, covering, to the other side of, on all parts of, past, throughout the width of

The:

Meanings of The:
  1. Identify one or more people or things that have been mentioned or are generally known.

  2. It is used to interpret an explanatory or qualitative sentence or phrase that follows.

  3. It is used to give a general reference to something rather than to identify a particular example.

  4. Coffee (especially one thing)

  5. (Pronounced with an emphasis on "O") Used to indicate who is the most famous or important person or person in that name or category.

  6. Advertising comparative value is used to show how one quantity or degree of an object differs from another.

Sentences of The
  1. what's the problem?

  2. The riots they created

  3. He learns to play the violin alone

  4. I hope to post every month if I can find some money.

  5. She is a passionate young jazz pianist

  6. The more I think about it, the more it destroys

Synonyms of The

the outset, the commencement, the start, the very beginning, the beginning

Board:

Meanings of Board:
  1. Boarding or boarding (plane, plane or other vehicle)

  2. Stay at home for a fee or service and receive regular meals.

  3. Cover or cover shop windows, shop windows or other structures with pieces of wood.

  4. Ride on a snowboard.

  5. A long, thin, flat piece of wood or other hard material used for flooring or other construction purposes.

  6. Thin, flat pieces of wood or other hard materials used for other purposes.

  7. A group of people forms the decision-making body of an organization.

  8. Provision of ordinary food during a stay for payment or service.

  9. Spaced a distance by plane.

Sentences of Board
  1. We fly to Oslo

  2. Open the cousin with Ruby for a while

  3. The store is still blocked

  4. I'm skiing when I'm not climbing

  5. Loose board creams when I walk on it

  6. I checked the boards, panels and cables.

  7. He sits on the board

  8. Your room and food are free.

Synonyms of Board

nourishment, daily bread, edibles, provisions, have one's home, committee, live, shut up, group, ascend, length of timber, climb on, council, foodstuffs, fare, enter, lath, directorate, be housed, close up, be quartered, be settled, delegation, seal, beam

Across The Board,

Across The Board:

  1. Involvement or influence in or over anyone in an industry or company.

Literal Meanings of Across The Board

Across:

Meanings of Across:
  1. From one side (location, area, etc.) to the other.

  2. Express your position or knowledge of (area or section).

  3. A place, area, etc. from one side to the other.

  4. Refers to horizontally read crosswords.

Sentences of Across
  1. He swam.

  2. He saw me

  3. 19

The:

Meanings of The:
  1. Identify one or more people or things that were mentioned or considered general knowledge.

  2. Used to indicate the next qualifying or definition clause or phrase.

  3. Used to give a general reference to something rather than to identify a particular case.

  4. (is emphasized by emphasizing "o") Used to indicate that a person or thing is the most famous or important of that name or type.

  5. Used comparatively to show how the quantity or degree of one thing differs from another.

Sentences of The
  1. I hope to post every month if I get some money.

  2. She is a promising young jazz pianist.

Board:

Meanings of Board:
  1. A thin, flat piece of wood or other hard material that is used for a variety of purposes.

  2. A group of people becomes the decision-making body of an organization.

  3. Serve regular meals when you stay somewhere for payment or service.

  4. The journey covered the distance by boat.

  5. On board or on board (plane, airplane or other vehicle)

  6. Stay at home and receive regular meals for payment or service.

Sentences of Board
  1. The loose board cracks when I walk on it.

  2. He is sitting on the board

  3. We twist the anchors and shorten the wires on each plate.

Synonyms of Board

panel of trustees, refreshments, quango, delegates, give accommodation to, jump on, commons, aliment, accommodate, shelter, sustenance, nosh, put up, get on, make room for, hop on, give a bed to, room, scoff, embark, panel, eats, provide shelter for, viands, vittles, feed