Boardroom
a room set aside for meetings of a board, as of a corporation.
a room in a broker’s office where stock-market quotations are listed on a board or by other means.
Contemporary Examples
The Dalai Llama Brings Peace, Love and Politics to Washington Eleanor Clift February 18, 2014
Paris Fall Fashion Week Ends With Vuitton and Kanye Robin Givhan March 6, 2012
15 Love Lessons for Jen… from Jen Henry Seltzer February 10, 2009
The Scandal Guru Lloyd Grove March 10, 2010
Helen Gurley Brown’s Fashion Sense: the Power of Cleavage Robin Givhan August 13, 2012
Libertarianism 3.0: Koch And A Smile Nick Gillespie May 29, 2014
Was Herman Cain’s High-Risk Campaign Fueled by Testosterone? Michelle Cottle November 29, 2011
Historical Examples
The Toilers of the Field Richard Jefferies
My Adventures with Your Money George Graham Rice
Showell’s Dictionary of Birmingham Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
noun
a room where the board of directors of a company meets
(as modifier): a boardroom power struggle
n.
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