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aboveboard 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Adjective
/əˈbəvˌbôrd/,
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Legitimate, honest, and open,
  1. Legitimate, honest, and open
    • - certain transactions were not totally aboveboard
Adverb
  1. Legitimately, honestly, and openly
    • - the accountants acted completely aboveboard
  1. honestly: in an honest manner; "in he can't get it honestly, he is willing to steal it"; "was known for dealing aboveboard in everything"
  2. without concealment or deception; honest; "their business was open and aboveboard"; "straightforward in all his business affairs"
  3. Openness is a very general philosophical position from which some individuals and organizations operate, often highlighted by a decision-making process recognizing communal management by distributed stakeholders (users/producers/contributors) rather than a centralized authority (owners, experts, ...
  4. Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception
  5. Above deck as distinguished from in the hold or below decks.
  6. in nautical terms, above deck; here used figuratively to mean still alive.
  7. Above the deck, and therefore open and visible. This gave rise to the term used to denote open and fair dealing.
  8. Areas of the ship above the waterline