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Definition of "aboveboard" []

  • Without deceit or trickery; straightforward. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "aboveboard" in a sentence
  • "Of course all of this "aboveboard" balderdash is accompanied by a right wing screed circulating on the internet."
  • "A Morgan Stanley employee advises telling the company to stay "aboveboard" and follow the letter of the contract."
  • "'All fair an' aboveboard 'should be the sailing orders of every man in such matters, especially of every seaman."