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11above board — legal, not hidden, not under the table, not underhanded Every action, every payment is above board. Customers respect that kind of honesty …
12above board — UK / US adjective completely honest and legal She s been totally open and above board about it …
13Above board — If things are done above board, they are carried out in a legal and proper manner …
14above board — Visible; honest. ► “Wegerd president Leonard Greer insists everything is above board. The SEC* and state regulators are investigating.” (Forbes, Oct. 10, 1994, p. 42) …
15above board — Meaning Without any trickery. Origin Originated in the gaming community. If card players keep their hands above the table (board) they can be seen to be playing fairly. ref: Brewer s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 15th edition Encyclopedia of… …
16above board — out in the open, revealed, not hidden (Nautical) cabins that are above water lever on a cruise ship …
17above board — legitimate and honest. → above …
18above-board — Synonyms and related words: artless, candid, candidly, direct, forthright, frank, frankly, freely, genuine, guileless, honest, honorable, in the open, ingenuous, open, openly, plainly, publicly, straight, straightforward, straightforwardly,… …
19above-board — ad. Openly, candidly, ingenuously, frankly, sincerely, fairly, in open sight, without artifice, without concealment, without equivocation, without guile, without disguise, without mental reservation …
20above board — Honest. Frank. Unconcealed …
