across-the-board

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a·cross-the-board

(ə-krôs′thə-bôrd′, -krŏs′-)

adj.

1. Including or applying to all categories or members: an across-the-board pay hike; an across-the-board ruling.

2. Of or being a racing wager whereby equal amounts are bet on the same contestant to win, place, and show.

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across-the-board

adj

1. (of salary increases, taxation cuts, etc) affecting all levels or classes equally

2. (Horse Racing) horse racing the US term for each way

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across′-the-board′

adj.

1. applying to all employees, members, groups, or categories; general: an across-the-board pay increase.

2. (of a bet in a horse race) covering win, place, and show.

[1940–45]

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Adj.

across-the-board - broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"

all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide, broad

comprehensive - including all or everything; "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education"

Translations

across-the-board

[əˈkrɒsðəˈbɔːd] ADJ [increase] → global, general

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

across-the-board

adj attr → allgemein ? also board

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

across-the-board

[əˈkrɒsðəˈbɔːd] adj → generale

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

References in periodicals archive ?

QUETTA -- Emphasising the importance of across-the-board accountability, the newly-appointed director general of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Balochistan, Farman Ullah took over his duties on Wednesday.

New DG NAB Balochistan takes charge

T-bill yields fall after BSP rate cut !-- -- Mary Grace Padin (The Philippine Star) - May 15, 2019 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines Short-term securities fetched lower rates across-the-board yesterday following the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas' move to cut interest rates last week, the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) said yesterday.

T-bill yields fall after BSP rate cut

THE country's largest labor group on Tuesday filed a new wage petition in Central Visayas for a P386 across-the-board pay hike.

TUCP files P386-wage-hike bid in Central Visayas

Lawmakers in the House favor a plan to mandate an across-the-board increase, but their colleagues in the Senate want to focus the new funding more on the formula that determines how much money individual school districts will receive from the state.

Lawmakers remain divided over education budget

On Monday, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) sought from the RTWPB a P710 across-the-board wage increase, while the Kilos na Manggagawa, Metal Workers Alliance of the Philippines and the BPO Industry Employees Network asked that the minimum wage in the metropolis be raised to P750.

Supervening condition for pay increase needed - DOLE

LONDON -- Stressing upon the need of indiscriminate accountability, disgruntled Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan on Saturday said that credibility of accountability could only be restored by across-the-board accountability in the country.

Chaudhary Nisar stresses on indiscriminate accountability

ISLAMABAD -- National Accountability Bureau (NAB) - pursuing across-the-board accountability approach - has arrested 503 accused persons and recovered Rs.

503 accused arrested, Rs. 2580 mln recovered from corrupts in one year: NAB

'Our country neither requires any bailout package or donations for building dams if the government carries out across-the-board accountability,' he said urging the government to fulfil its commitment in this regard.

Govt asked to bring back looted money from abroad

The draft rules also suggest foregoing across-the-board budget cuts except as a last resort.

How Kane could raise property taxes again

FAISALABAD -- Lahore High Court Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin Tuesday declared that upholding the rule of law is the only solution and remedy for across-the-board accountability.

Rule of law underlined for accountability

Before the last held Wednesday's meeting, all parliamentary parties had agreed to proposals to ensure across-the-board accountability, which would bring judges and generals within the purview of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).