across-the-board

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aˌcross-the-ˈboard, across the board adjectiveadj , adverb

EVERYONEaffecting everyone or everything in a situation or organization 全面的[地]，包括一切的[地]

an across-the-board pay increase

集体加薪

In July everything we sell is reduced right across the board.

7月，我们出售的所有货品将全面降价。

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across-the-board• an across-the-board pay increase

across the boardn

nEVERYONEif something happens or is done across the board, it affects everyone in a particular group, place etc

The changes will affect local authorities across the board.

We find jobs for people right across the board, from chief executives to cleaners.

Examples from the Corpus

across the board• They decided on a pay increase of 10% across the board.• The two main aims were achieved across the board.• The departures screen Grand Central Station was no help, reading cancelled across the board because schedules were too tentative to post.• State education spending began to drop under the Dukakis administration in 1988, when huge budget deficits caused cutbacks across the board.• The cumulative results impressively followed suit, and that improvement could be found across the board.• Jobs will be lost across the board, in manufacturing, marketing, and administration.• Tariffs will be lowered across the board, but some industries will be protected for another 15 years.• The changes will cause problems right across the board.• The changes, if reported correctly, will cause problems right across the board.• Sunlight came into the room, slanting across the boards in languid diamonds.• They're cutting 10% of their staff across the board.• In the end, the only system that works well, across the board, is the one that involves perfect imitation.

From Longman Business Dictionary

across the boardaˌcross the ˈboard (also across-the-board) adjectiveadjECONOMICS

affecting everyone or everything in an organization or situation

They have agreed to production cuts as long as they are across the board.

Nursing unions are demanding a 4% across-the-board pay increase.

—across the board adverbadv

Jobs will be lost across the board in manufacturing.

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