boardroom

American  

[bawrd-room, -room, bohrd-] / ˈbɔrdˌrum, -ˌrʊm, ˈboʊrd- /

Or board room

noun

• boardrooms
  plural

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.

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boardroom British  

/ ˈbɔːdˌruːm, -ˌrʊm /

noun

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

   2. ( as modifier )

      a boardroom power struggle

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• boardrooms
  plural

Etymology

Origin of boardroom

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

Example Sentences

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boardroom boardrooms

While Ternus’s relative youth gives him a long horizon to steer Apple through its next technological transformation, it could also point to gaps in geopolitical and boardroom experience.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

“As I have said before, generally for all cases, I prefer to resolve disputes in the boardroom, not the courtroom,” Bonta said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Chandrasekaran's resignation, which comes days ahead of Tata Sons' annual general meeting, points to tensions that have been playing out for months after a boardroom power battle erupted between trustees.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

The message was clear: That which you buy digitally, you don’t really own, because a random boardroom dispute or expired contract could mean that those files are pulled without warning.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

He was describing the boardroom confrontation with the man who called him a warmonger.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Inside boardrooms, leaders have discussed the risk that entire businesses will amount to little more than features inside tools released by leading AI labs Anthropic and OpenAI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Using restricted donor funds to cover day-to-day expenses is tantamount to putting a going-out-of-business sign on campus, so it is little discussed outside college boardrooms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Epstein’s network had infiltrated the boardrooms of hundreds of major U.S. companies, with clear consequences for corporate misconduct affecting employees and the broader business culture.

From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026

The market often focuses on traders, but the more important reaction comes from boardrooms.

From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026

The Shadowy World of International Finance Strange, penumbral, characters roam the boardrooms of banks in the countries in transition.

From Crime and Corruption by Samuel Vaknin