across the board

Bedeutung

affecting everyone or everything, with no exceptions

Für alle und alles ohne Ausnahme gelten.

Beispiele

1. 1The company announced a five per cent pay rise across the board.
2. 2Prices have gone up across the board, from bread to bus fares.
3. 3Our exam marks improved across the board: every single subject went up.
4. 4Will the new tax affect families across the board, or only those on high incomes?
5. 5Staff across the board were given an extra day's holiday this year.

Grammatik

Steht meist nach einem Verb oder Nomen: cut prices across the board. Vor einem Nomen mit Bindestrichen: an across-the-board pay rise.