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boardroom

or board room

[ bawrd-room, -roo m, bohrd- ]

/ ˈbɔrdˌrum, -ˌrʊm, ˈboʊrd- /

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noun

a room set aside for meetings of a board, as of a corporation.

a room in a broker's office where stock-market quotations are listed on a board or by other means.

Origin of boardroom

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; board + room

Words nearby boardroom

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Example sentences from the Web for boardroom

“Business decision meetings don't take place in boardroom, they take place in the bar after,” Sismondo says DeCrow argued.

The Bars That Made America Great |Nina Strochlic |December 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The campaign was explicitly informational and intended to preach the gospel of less interference in the boardroom and the bedroom.

Libertarianism 3.0: Koch And A Smile |Nick Gillespie |May 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He also practices it by bringing transcendental techniques into the boardroom to create the mental environment to generate ideas.

The Dalai Llama Brings Peace, Love and Politics to Washington |Eleanor Clift |February 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
That caused a bunch of unnecessary bankruptcies and too many sleepless nights in the boardroom.

Apple Has $137 Billion in Cash, Shareholders Aren’t Pleased |Daniel Gross |February 8, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

The boardroom bravado, however, has already drawn criticism from some influential shareholders.

James Murdoch: Can He Survive Broadcast Regulator’s Criticism? |Peter Jukes |September 23, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The purpose of these larger windows is the effectual lighting of the Boardroom, which is of the height of two storeys.

Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham |Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
At each meeting of the Goldfield Stock Exchange the boardroom was crowded.

My Adventures with Your Money |George Graham Rice
These facts thus accumulated are talked over in the boardroom when an applicant comes to the union for relief.

The Toilers of the Field |Richard Jefferies

British Dictionary definitions for boardroom

boardroom

/ (ˈbɔːdˌruːm, -ˌrʊm) /

noun

a room where the board of directors of a company meets
(as modifier)a boardroom power struggle