across-the-board
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4.4
- adjective
- /əˈkrɔs ðə bɔrd/
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generalizado
- The company announced an across-the-board increase in salaries for all employees to improve morale.
- an across-the-board increase
- an across-the-board reduction
- across-the-board cuts
Examples
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This is due primarily to the increase in assets across the board.
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The 1980s saw across-the-board improvements in the quality of housing for older persons.
Academic text (1991) -
See, starting out, there's gonna be an across the board cost of living increase.
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Specifically, Washington should demand across-the-board changes as the price for its continued and future cooperation.
Academic text (1991) -
So there is no kind of across-the-board financial assistance provided to firms in relation to training.
Academic text (1996) -
The tax increases would be an across-the-board increase for everyone, not just the wealthy.
Blog text (10) -
Five previous education polls showed across-the-board support for teacher competency testing.
Academic text (1992) -
Some kind of deal will have to be struck before drastic across-the-board cuts go into effect.
Blog text (24) -
Barbour adamantly opposed the bill and acted swiftly to make across-the-board cuts to all state agencies.
Blog text (8) -
The Reagan-Bush years (FY81 to FY91) witnessed large-scale, across-the-board budget increases in defense spending.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
439
4.2
True in all places and for all people
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3.7
In a way that affects everyone in a group with no one left out
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4.6
Affecting every part of a system, not just one part
Applying to everyone in a group without exception
How Broad
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Across-the-board can be remembered by its parts: across means 'from one side to the other' and board means 'a flat surface' or 'table', so imagine a line drawn across a board that touches everything on it. That's why across-the-board means something that affects 'everyone' or 'everything' in a group.