boardroom

Or board room

[bawrd-room, -room, bohrd-]

noun

1. a room set aside for meetings of a board, as of a corporation.

2. a room in a broker's office where stock-market quotations are listed on a board or by other means.

boardroom

/ ˈbɔːdˌruːm, -ˌrʊm /

noun

1. 1. a room where the board of directors of a company meets

   2. ( as modifier )

      a boardroom power struggle

Word History and Origins

Origin of boardroom¹

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; board + room

Example Sentences

The strength is evident across many of the banks’ businesses, reflecting the enthusiasm in the stock market and corporate boardrooms.

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Wall Street’s engines are gaining steam thanks to a booming stock market and growing appetite in corporate boardrooms and executive suites to pursue mergers or public offerings.

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The bid reflects growing confidence in European bank boardrooms.

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They are seeing enough appetite in corporate boardrooms and executive suites, as well as a booming stock market, that they are pushing ahead with plans to expand and battling for top hires.

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Business leaders traded boardrooms for farm fields to replace missing workers.

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