Boardroom

//ˈbɔɹdˌɹuːm// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    a room where a committee meets (such as the board of directors of a company) wordnet
  3. 3
    Corporations or corporate management considered as a section of society figuratively

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

Synonyms

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council chamber

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From board + room.

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