Lexic.us

Definition of Aboveboard

1. Adverb. In an honest manner. "Was known for dealing aboveboard in everything"

2. Adjective. Without concealment or deception; honest. "Straightforward in all his business affairs"

Definition of Aboveboard

1. adv. Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception.

Definition of Aboveboard

1. Adjective. Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aboveboard

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aboveboard

above average above board above ground above measure above one's bend above one's paygrade above oneself above proof above stairs above the curve

above the fold above the law above the line above the salt above water aboveboard (current term) abovecited abovedeck aboveground abovelisted

abovementioned abovenamed aboves aboves'd abovesaid abovestairs abovestated abowt abox abozzo

Literary usage of Aboveboard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"And now he makes his doctrine suitable to bis text, and owns aboveboard .... that himself and his ..."

2. Report by Jacob Merritt Howard, United States Congress. Senate. Select committee on memorial of Davis Hatch (1869)
"... that anything we did would have to be aboveboard. Q. lu the negotiation of the treaty with President Baez, did General Babcock conduct the negotiation ? ..."

3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1874)
"I thought that this was an event where all was fair and aboveboard. You said so. I go to present my compliments to that young lady sitting by Mr. Punch. ..."

4. Journal of Social Science: Containing the Proceedings of the American by American Social Science Association, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, Frederick Stanley Root (1874)
"... on such experiments, alleging that it would only drive men of science, who now conducted them aboveboard and in open day, to carry them on in secret. ..."

5. Federal Antitrust Policy in the Health Care Marketplace: Hearing Before the edited by Orrin G. Hatch (1997)
"Between now and then, legislators committed to aboveboard government and a non-political ¡regulatory svstem must make themselves heard. Be- •sides Reps. ..."

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