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[Adjective] | "across-the-board" | \ ə-ˈkrȯs-ṯẖə-ˈbȯrd \
1: placed to win if a competitor wins, places, or shows
2: embracing or affecting all classes or categories : blanket
Origin: 1945 ;
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[Noun] | "board" | \ ˈbȯrd \
1: a piece of sawed lumber of little thickness and a length greatly exceeding its width
2: a surface, frame, or device for posting notices
3: blackboard
Origin: before 12th century ;
Middle English bord piece of sawed lumber, border, ship's side, from Old English; akin to Old High German bort ship's side;
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[Adjective] | "across-the-board"
1: belonging or relating to the whole;
* e.g., " ... an across-the-board reduction in the state's budget because of declining revenues "
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[Phrase] | "across the board"
1: with everyone or everything taken into account at the same time;
* e.g., " ... The Oscar-nominated film received a positive reception across the board. "
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[ "across the board" ]
1: the same amount of something applying to everyone evenly within a certain group.
* e.g., ... I heard the pay at this company is a g-note a week, across the board...that true man?
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[ "across the board" ]
1: Combination win-place-show bet at a race track. Your horse has to come in no worse than third for you to get $$ back.
* e.g., ... "Gimme the five across the board."
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[ "across the board" ]
1: Inclusive; everyone and everything; non-discriminatory.
* e.g., ... The staff got pay raises across the board.
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[ "Tens Across The Board" ]
1: The act of getting "all 10's" from the judges. The perfect score in a beauty pageant, sporting event, or other judged competition. Being the fiercest queen. The ultimate kiki. Popularized in the film "Paris Is Burning" / 1980's NYC "voguing balls".
* e.g., ... Brenda Extravaganza is giving you ghetto realness. 10. 10. 10. 10. Tens across the board!
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