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Well now he's got the founder of CD Baby on board, too. This is amazing.

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a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members"

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noun

a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members"

noun

a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes

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a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for board.

noun

a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members"

noun

a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes

noun

a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows"

noun

food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board"

noun

a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view

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a table at which meals are served; "he helped her clear the dining table"; "a feast was spread upon the board"

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electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices; "he checked the instrument panel"; "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree"

noun

a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities

noun

a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games; "he got out the board and set up the pieces"

verb

get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)

verb

live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house"

verb

lodge and take meals (at)

verb

provide food and lodging (for); "The old lady is boarding three men"

Example sentences

Well now he's got the founder of CD Baby on board, too. This is amazing.

This is closely related to their strong preference for maintaining the status quo across the board.

He runs with an imperfect business plan because that's what his board thinks is best and because he's a slave to their opinions.

Ex politicians wield political and corporate influence and a board seat is a way of renting that influence.

* In 1988 I was approached by a military contractor with a GPS board they built that needed to have a device driver built for SCO Unix.

I interview, and one of them has the right mix of board members to think that a young and energetic "shooting star" is just what they want to kick their revenue in the rear.

Huge props to her for making the leap from what must be a very comfortable Google and for the board for finding a stunning candidate to lead the revival of Yahoo.

And why should this be relevant to board service?Politics, religion, and social worldviews divide people and have no place as limiting tests in a business environment.

With all due respect, one thing that gets really tiresome on this board is the "OMG, this person is soo stupid because they don't know nearly as much as I do about this one particular topic" tone in this comment.

I can now bounce around CEO and President positions for a while...spending a year or two at each place, strike enough good compensation deals to make me rich and eventually buy myself into a few choice board positions.

I took it apart and rinsed it with distilled water, cleaned up a bunch of parts by hand, swapped logic boards and applied lubricants to various parts and was able to spin it up just long enough to back up the customer's data.

" Imagine assembling a "A" team of scholars and scientists, getting them to make substantial, substantive contributions in each of their respective areas of expertise, and publishing the results under the guidance of a top editorial board.

The longest, and hardest, i had was a project that ended up with me stuffing envelopes every night and making daily trips to the post office sending of letters to people around the world because my offer started getting passed from message board to message board.

This is still a board for entrepreneurs before it is a board for hackers, but some of the more out-there John Galt type stuff will now get picked apart and downvoted, or even just ignored, where before you either clucked your tongue in agreement, remained silent, or donned your flame suit.