onboard

Or on-board

[on-bawrd, awn-]

adjective

1. provided, occurring, etc., on a vehicle.

   among the ship's many onboard services.

2. installed and functional within a vehicle or electronic device.

   onboard computers for aircraft.

verb (used with object)

Business.

1. to assist and support (a new employee) in developing the skills, knowledge, attitudes, etc., needed to do their job.

2. to interact and exchange information with (a new customer) so as to ensure customer satisfaction, maximize company revenue, etc..

   Part of onboarding new clients involves setting expectations and timelines.

3. to digitize and upload customer data collected offline, typically to improve the results of personalized data-driven marketing.

   The data we onboarded matched existing data online, providing us with better insight into the individual’s purchasing habits.

Word History and Origins

Origin of onboard¹

First recorded in 1965–70; adjective use of adverb phrase on board

Example Sentences

Four crew members onboard the plane survived and were taken to hospital.

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Hailing from all parts of the Mediterranean and involved in community projects in their home countries, the youth onboard say they see the voyage as an opportunity to promote dialogue in the face of what they called a worrying rise of conflict.

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Others onboard the submersible died in the attack, the officials said.

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Finally, starting next March, Norwegian will no longer extend its onboard drinks package, which allows passengers to order unlimited alcoholic beverages each day, to those traveling to Great Stirrup Cay, its private island in the Bahamas.

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Up until now, those drinks have been included as part of the island experience, provided passengers opted-in for the onboard package.

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