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 conversations I hear in boardrooms around a focus on Africa, for me, they get my antennae raised.

From Los Angeles Times

Republican politicians and members of the right-wing media have railed against firing people for what they say in the classroom and boardroom, or for what they posted years ago as teenagers on social media.

From Salon

“No one wants a politician who sounds like they spend all day in a boardroom with their DC consultants. People are so hungry for real, authentic leaders and fighters,” Andrews said.

From Salon

Capitalism writ large claimed to embrace the values of diversity, equity and inclusion, or at least it stuck those labels on boardroom doors.

From Salon

But it was Levy's relationship with rival clubs that often left a sour taste; the now departed executive chairman's famously fierce negotiation style left him unpopular in boardrooms across the country.

From BBC