Across The Board

Definition: Across The Board

Across The Board

Adverb

1. Including all; "we got a pay raise across the board".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Language

Public Administration

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Crosswords: Across The Board

Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and - (This Is Spinal Tap; writing credit: Christopher Guest; Michael McKean)

Or scrape your fingernails across the board ("Achy Breaky Song"; performing artist: Weird Al Yankovic)

Across the Board (1959)

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Books

• Steps to Academic Reading 3: Across the Board (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Across The Board (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

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Business

Most VAT exemptions for energy carriers were eliminated in 1998 and a general VAT rate of 22% has been applied across the board. (references)

Since each market has its competitive advantage concerning Argentine imports (China/Brazil/Uruguay/Italy/Spain - across the board consistent imports, Myanmar - men's shirts, Colombia - women's bras, Sri Lanka - gloves, India - women's blouses and scarves, etc.), it is interesting to note what the U.S. suppliers have been strong in. "Across the board imports" characterize U.S. imports; of 35 apparel HS Codes, the U.S. is present in only six top ten lists. (references)

Economic History

Russia

Across the board, Russia's infrastructure is in a state of general decay. (references)

Uae

Customs duty is 4% across the board except for tobacco and alcohol, which is charged at a higher rate. (references)

Norway

Due to the wealth in the country there has been substantial widespread investment in top-of-the-line software products, across the board. (references)

Political Economy

CHILE

The new law cuts personal income tax rates across the board with the top marginal rate being cut from 45 percent to 40 percent for income over about $75,000 per year. (references)

Trade

Burma

In the hopes of stimulating commercial lending, the government cut interest rates across the board in April 1999 and again in April 2000. Current interest rates on deposits are nine percent for savings accounts, ten percent for savings certificates, 9.25 percent for a three-month fixed deposits, and 9.5 percent for a six-month fixed deposits. (references)

Travel

Oman

There have been moves to require that all correspondence with the Omani government be in Arabic; as of mid-2000 this was not enforced across the board, though putting documents in Arabic will assist in speeding processing. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Bulgarian 

цялостен (all around, all out, complete, intact, integral, integrate, mass, organic, overall, radical, teetotal, thorough, total, whole), всеобхватен (all-embracing, catholic, omnibus, overall, well-rounded, wide), повсеместен (all over, general, nationwide, ubiquitous). (various references)

Chinese 

普查 (make an across the board investigation; survey for information). (various references)

Czech

paušální (all in, blanket, fixed, flat, overall). (various references)

Dutch

over de gehele linie. (various references)

French

uniforme, linéaire générale. (various references)

German

pauschal (across board, blanket, estimated, flat rate, global, inclusive), global (general, global, globally, planetary, world wide, worldwide). (various references)

Hungarian

mindenkinek egyenlő arányban. (various references)

Pig Latin

acrossay ethay oardbay

Portuguese

universal (all purpose, common, general, multipurpose, multi-purpose, oedema, perverse, universal, usual, worldwide), geral (all purpose, broad, current, exoteric, gallery, general, multiracial, overhead, public, universal, usual, vague, worldwide), em todos os sentidos. (various references)

Russian 

полностью (all, all around, all-around, completely, consummately, dead, down to earth, entirely, fully, in full, neck and crop, out and out, purely, to full advantage, to its fullest, totally, up to the hilt, wholly). (various references)

Spanish

global (all in, all-embracing, global, lump), generalizado (general, public). (various references)

Swedish

allmän (broad, common, general, generic, generical, omnibus, ordinary, overall, pandemic, public, universal, usual), generell (general, generic, generical, overall). (various references)

Turkish

kapsamlı (blanket, comprehensive, exhaustive, generic, universal, well-rounded, wide), geniş kapsamlı (all inclusive, blanket, comprehensive, far reaching, far-going, in depth, omnibus, sweeping, universal), genel (blanket, broad, collective, common, exoteric, general, generic, grand, liberal, overhead, plenary, prevailing, prevalent, running, sweeping, widespread). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: broadcasters, rebroadcasts.

-3 letters: broadcaster, rebroadcast, scoreboards, shortbreads.

-4 letters: adsorbates, ascorbates, broadcasts, chessboard, decorators, orchestras, ostracodes, scoreboard, shortbread, starboards, tarbooshes.

-5 letters: adsorbate, adsorbers, arthroses, ascorbate, broachers, broadcast, cabestros, cabrestas, cabrestos, cadasters, cadastres, catharses, cathedras, chordates, chresards, coatdress, codebtors, cohobated, cohobates, costarred, crossbred, crosshead, crossroad, decorator, hardboots, hardcores, horsecars, obcordate, octahedra, orchestra, ostracode, ostracods, redactors, roadsters, roorbachs, seaboards, sororates, starboard, teaboards, toreadors.

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