fair and aboveboard
Source: wiktionary
Above-board
//əˈbʌvˌbɔɹd//
Synonyms for "above-board" (26 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (13)
Translations
15 translations across 6 languages.
Dutch
2 entries- op eerlijke wijze adj (straightforward, transparent)
- openlijk adj (straightforward, transparent)
Finnish
4 entries- avoin adj (straightforward, transparent)
- läpinäkyvä adj (straightforward, transparent)
- rehellinen adj (straightforward, transparent)
- salailematon adj (straightforward, transparent)
German
4 entries- (die Karten liegen) auf dem Tisch adj (straightforward, transparent)
- ehrlich adj (straightforward, transparent)
- einwandfrei adj (straightforward, transparent)
- korrekt adj (straightforward, transparent)
Māori
1 entries- matanui adj (straightforward, transparent)
Spanish
1 entries- legítimo adj (straightforward, transparent)
Ukrainian
2 entries- відвертий adj (straightforward, transparent)
- чесний adj (straightforward, transparent)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Nothing illegal about any of this to my knowledge. Indeed, this is the very above-board racket of running an independent political committee. Everyone does it. Left, right, center and none of the above. And anyway, why shouldn't a true pay-triot get paid?
Source: wiktionary
Over the weekend, Android owners were displeased to discover that Facebook had been scraping their text-message and phone-call metadata, in some cases for years, an operation hidden in the fine print of a user agreement clause until Ars Technica reported. Facebook was quick to defend the practice as entirely aboveboard—small comfort to those who are beginning to realize that, because Facebook is a free service, they and their data are by necessity the products.
Source: wiktionary
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