ACROSS THE BOARDの意味、全面的に、全体にわたって

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2008.09.30

Here's a very businesslike idiom to wrap up September with!

Explanation

  • If an action is across the board, it includes or has an effect on all employees, all departments, all groups of people, etc., rather than just a limited group.
  • across the board とは、限られた集団だけではなく、全ての従業員、全ての部門、全てのグループの人々などに関わる、または、影響を及ぼすこと、つまり、全面的に、全体にわたって、という意味です。

ACROSS THE BOARD

examples

  1. Support for the candidate is across the board, including blue-collar and white-collar workers, the young and the old, the rich and the poor.
  2. (fictional news report)
    It was a big day for the stock market, with gains seen across the board (= in all sectors).
  3. The governor is proposing across-the-board (= affecting all government agencies) spending cuts in order to balance the state's budget.
  4. After its second year of record profits, the company authorized an across-the-board (= for all employees) pay increase.

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