“Board of”

The following 7 entries include the term Board of.

board of trade

noun phrase

: a British governmental department concerned with commerce and industry

board of commissioners

noun

: a county administrative board in many states of the U.S. consisting usually of three, five, or seven elected county commissioners

board of education

noun

: a board controlling an educational system or a unit of it

board of elections

noun

: a local bipartisan board in each of the counties of New York state appointed to supervise political elections

board of estimate

noun

: a board that is responsible for the direction of fiscal affairs of a city (such as New York) and usually consists of the mayor, the president of the council, and the chief fiscal officer

board of supervisors

noun

: a county governing board in many states of the U.S. often having as many as 50 members elected proportionally from the county's cities, towns, townships, or wards compare board of commissioners

board of directors

noun phrase

: a group of people who manage or direct a company or organization


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