boardroom

noun

board·​room ˈbȯrd-ˌrüm How to pronounce boardroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: a room that is designated for meetings of a board

Examples of boardroom in a Sentence

The directors are meeting in the boardroom.
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The meeting is at the toll authority boardroom at 375 Beale St. and online via Zoom. Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024 The business of television during the heady Thatcherite ’80s feels fundamentally at odds with the bucolic Cotswolds setting—an aesthetic clash of giant cellphones and gentle pastures, boardroom meetings and stray sheep. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024 Chief Executive Officer Oliver Blume has pointed to high costs at the VW brand, but employee representatives counter that workers are being made to pay for boardroom mistakes. Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 28 Oct. 2024 The addition of independent directors is directionally right so far, but the boardroom mindset still has a long way to go. Michael Useem, Fortune Asia, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for boardroom 

Word History

First Known Use

1732, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of boardroom was in 1732

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“Boardroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boardroom. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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