aboveboard
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adverb \ə-ˈbəv-ˌbȯrd\Definition of ABOVEBOARD
: in a straightforward manner : openly
See Origin of ABOVEBOARD
from the difficulty of cheating at cards when the hands are above the table
First Known Use: 1594
Rhymes with ABOVEBOARD
beaverboard, bottle gourd, centerboard, checkerboard, circuit board, clavichord, College Board, cutting board, daggerboard, disaccord, diving board, drawing board, emery board, fiberboard, fingerboard, free on board, gold record, harpsichord, leaderboard, mortarboard, motherboard, of record, overboard, overlord, paddleboard, paperboard, pinafored, plasterboard, pompadoured, room and board, running board, sandwich board, shoulder board, shuffleboard, silver cord, smorgasbord, sounding board, spinal cord, storyboard, sweep the board, tape-record, teeterboard, tetrachord, untoward, weatherboard
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adjectiveDefinition of ABOVEBOARD
: free from all traces of deceit or duplicity
Examples of ABOVEBOARD
- The committee tried to be fair and aboveboard in its hiring.
- an aboveboard and responsible proposal
- She acted in a completely open and aboveboard way.
First Known Use of ABOVEBOARD
1648
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