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aboveboard - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
adverb & adjective
from The Century Dictionary.
aboveboard ; his actions are open and aboveboard.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adverb
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
adjective above-board .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective adverb
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Originally a gambling term referring to the fact that a gambler whose hands were above the board or gaming table could not engage in trickery, such as changing cards, below the table.]
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Examples
Of course all of this "aboveboard " balderdash is accompanied by a right wing screed circulating on the internet.
Top McCain Surrogates Questioning Obama's American-Ness 2009
A Morgan Stanley employee advises telling the company to stay "aboveboard " and follow the letter of the contract.
BlackBerry Reveals Bank's Secrets 2003
` All fair an 'aboveboard ' should be the sailing orders of every man in such matters, especially of every seaman.
Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago 1859
'All fair an' aboveboard 'should be the sailing orders of every man in such matters, especially of every seaman.
Blown to Bits or, The Lonely Man of Rakata 1859
And for those dealers who are honest and aboveboard , which is the vast majority of them, this is not going to be a big problem, "said Onondaga County Sheriff Kevin Walsh.
TOP STORIES - YNN, Your News Now 2010
"aboveboard " campaign, now subtly and craftily playing the "race card" (because he has so few cards to play; to be fair, former President Bill Clinton played the same game, too), that thing continues to bubble just under the surface.
The Bilerico Project 2009
But the industry has resisted efforts by Fannie and Freddie to obtain documents that would show whether the investments were aboveboard .
Stocks for Bank of America, other banks fall again amid fears about mortgage issuers David S. Hilzenrath 2010
But the industry has resisted efforts by Fannie and Freddie to obtain documents that would show whether the investments were aboveboard .
Stocks for Bank of America, other banks fall again amid fears about mortgage issuers David S. Hilzenrath 2010
Muslim American groups have always condemned terrorism aboveboard .
Kashif N. Chaudhry: How Muslims Honor 9/11 Kashif N. Chaudhry 2011
But the industry has resisted efforts by Fannie and Freddie to obtain documents that would show whether the investments were aboveboard .
Stocks for Bank of America, other banks fall again amid fears about mortgage issuers David S. Hilzenrath 2010
hernesheir commented on the word aboveboard
1906 US Railway Assn. Standard Cipher Code, shorthand for "Would advise you not to accept".
January 19, 2013