boardroom

See also: board-room and board room

English

Alternative forms

• board-room, board room

Etymology

From board +‎ room.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɹdˌɹuːm/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -uːm

Noun

boardroom (plural boardrooms)

1. The room where a group of people (especially the board of a company or organization) conducts its meetings
   • 1830, Charles Babbage, Decline of Science in England:

     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. (figuratively) Corporations or corporate management considered as a section of society

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

Translations

room where the board meets

• Danish: bestyrelseslokale n
• Hungarian: tanácsterem (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: styrerom n

  Nynorsk: styrerom n

• Polish: sala posiedzeń f
• Swedish: styrelserum (sv) n

Anagrams

• Broadmoor