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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
across-the-board
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ an across-the-board pay increase
The Collaborative International Dictionary
across-the-board

across-the-board \across-the-board\ adj. 1. broad in scope or content limited, exclusive

Syn: all-embracing, all-inclusive, blanket(prenominal), broad, complete, global, panoptic, wide

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across-the-board

a. wide or comprehensive in scope or applicability.

WordNet
across-the-board

adj. broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, panoptic, wide]

Usage examples of "across-the-board".

Theory had it that when the process was complete Lalonde would have developed a burgeoning industrial/technological society, with the LDC as the largest across-the-board shareholder in the planet’s commercial enterprises.