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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 ;

    [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;

    [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 "





    [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? 

     [ "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." 

     [ "across the board" ]

    1: Inclusive; everyone and everything; non-discriminatory.

      * e.g.,  ... The staff got pay raises across the board. 

     [ "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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