- boardroom
- noun Date: 1836 a room that is designated for meetings of a board
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boardroom — board‧room [ˈbɔːdruːm, rʊm ǁ ˈbɔːrd ] noun [countable] 1. the place in a company where its board of directors meets 2. boardroom battle/dispute/row/split etc a disagreement between two or more directors of a company: • A brutal boardroom… … Financial and business terms
boardroom — oardroom n. a room where a committee meets (such as the board of directors of a company). Syn: council chamber. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
boardroom — (n.) 1731, from BOARD (Cf. board) (n.1) in the sense of table where council is held + ROOM (Cf. room) (n.) … Etymology dictionary
boardroom — ► NOUN ▪ a room in which a board of directors meets regularly … English terms dictionary
boardroom — ☆ boardroom [bôrd′ro͞om΄ ] n. a room in which a board of administrators or directors regularly holds meetings … English World dictionary
boardroom — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ company, corporate, executive BOARDROOM + NOUN ▪ battle, coup, shake up (esp. BrE), showdown (AmE) … Collocations dictionary
boardroom — UK [ˈbɔː(r)druːm] / US [ˈbɔrdˌrum] noun Word forms boardroom : singular boardroom plural boardrooms a) [countable] a large room where the directors of a company or other organization hold formal meetings, usually with one large table around which … English dictionary
Boardroom — Besides the general definition as a meeting room in an office, in the investment community the boardroom can refer more specifically to a room used in a stockbrokerage office. The boardroom is where clients and members of the public can meet with … Investment dictionary
boardroom — board|room [ bɔrd,rum ] noun count a large room where the directors of a company or other organization hold formal meetings, usually with one large table around which everyone sits a. singular the directors of a company or other organization: a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
boardroom — [[t]bɔ͟ː(r)druːm[/t]] boardrooms also board room N COUNT The boardroom is a room where the board of a company meets. Everyone had already assembled in the boardroom for the 9:00 a.m. session … English dictionary
boardroom — noun /ˈbɔrdˌruːm/ a) the room where a group of people (especially the board of a company or organization) conducts its meetings a President of the Royal Society, in the Board room of the British Museum, is quite as likely as another person to… … Wiktionary
