boardroom

/ˈbɔɹdˌɹuːm/

noun 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

company, corporate

BOARDROOM + NOUN

battle, coup, row, shake-up | table

pay, salary

The company faced protests over excessive boardroom salaries while regular employees received no pay increase.

PHRASES

in a/the ~

The company's senior managers held an important meeting in the boardroom this afternoon.

Definitions

noun

The room where a group of people (especially the board of a company or organization) conducts its meetings

A President of the Royal Society, in the Board-room of the British Museum, is quite as likely as another person to sacrifice his public duty to the influence of power, or to private friendship.

Corporations or corporate management considered as a section of society

Though the new law is popular among the general public, it is hated in the boardroom.

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Example Bank

A President of the Royal Society, in the Board-room of the British Museum, is quite as likely as another person to sacrifice his public duty to the influence of power, or to private friendship.

Wiktionary

Though the new law is popular among the general public, it is hated in the boardroom.

Wiktionary

According to a report, at least a third of boardroom positions at Britain’s biggest companies should be held by women by the end of the decade.

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The meeting with the CEO was in the boardroom.

Tatoeba · #6213428

You're wanted in the boardroom.

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The boardroom grew restive when the CEO discussed complex arbitrage strategies no one fully understood.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, boardroom is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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