off-board

[ awf-bawrd, -bohrd, of- ]

adjective

, Stock Exchange.

1. outside of a major exchange, as over the counter or between private parties:

   an off-board transaction.

Word History and Origins

Origin of off-board¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

And he knocked with his stick a little piece of sawn-off board that lay beside the rushing water.

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