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

Confidence in boardrooms has grown increasingly fragile as the Budget nears.

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“I’m going to pivot the entire company,” she told the directors gathered around a boardroom table at the company’s Austin campus.

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Such tool use—notably hand letter-cutting in stone, producing forms like those we see on traditional monuments—stands for “materiality, for slowness, for permanence” in the face of boardroom brainstorming and assembly-line production.

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There will also be some special sketches on the night, including an appearance from Lord Sugar, who will be grilled in the boardroom by some budding junior apprentices.

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But now he’s more ubiquitous in boardrooms, pitchdecks, corporate blogs and executive talking points.

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