Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective Without deceit or trickery; straightforward.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In open sight; without tricks or disguise: as, an honest man deals aboveboard; his actions are open and aboveboard.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Alternative form of
above-board .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective without concealment or deception; honest
- adverb in an honest manner
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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
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A Morgan Stanley employee advises telling the company to stay "aboveboard" and follow the letter of the contract.
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` 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
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'All fair an' aboveboard 'should be the sailing orders of every man in such matters, especially of every seaman.
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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.
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"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
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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
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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
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Muslim American groups have always condemned terrorism aboveboard.
Kashif N. Chaudhry: How Muslims Honor 9/11 Kashif N. Chaudhry 2011
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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