English-Thai Dictionary
aboveboard
ADJ เปิดเผย poet-phoei
aboveboard
ADV เปิดเผย candidly openly flankly secretly furtively poet-phoei
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ABOVEBOARD
ABOVEBOARD A *bove "board `, adv.
Defn: Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard. " Burke.
Note: This expression is said by Johnson to have been borrowed from gamesters, who, when they change their cards, put their hands under the table.
New American Oxford Dictionary
aboveboard
a bove board |əˈbəvˌbôrd əˌbəvˈbɔrd |(also above board ) ▶adjective & adverb legitimate, honest, and open: [ as adj. ] : certain transactions were not totally aboveboard | [ as adv. ] : the accountants acted completely above board.
American Oxford Thesaurus
aboveboard
aboveboard adjective the proceedings were completely aboveboard: legitimate, lawful, legal, licit, honest, fair, open, frank, straight, overt, candid, forthright, unconcealed, trustworthy, unequivocal; informal legit, kosher, by the book, street legal, fair and square, square, on the level, on the up and up, upfront. ANTONYMS dishonest, shady.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
aboveboard
ab ó ve b ò ard 形容詞 〖be ～〗副詞 公明正大に [な ], 公然と [の ], ありのままに [の ].
The Wordsmith Dictionary