Meaning of above-board | Babel Free

Definitions

1. legitimate, rightful, lawful
2. In open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception.
   not-comparable
3. real, true
4. legit

Equivalents

Examples

“fair and aboveboard”

“Nothing illegal about any of this to my knowledge. Indeed, this is the very above-board racket of running an independent political committee. Everyone does it. Left, right, center and none of the above. And anyway, why shouldn't a true pay-triot get paid?”

“Over the weekend, Android owners were displeased to discover that Facebook had been scraping their text-message and phone-call metadata, in some cases for years, an operation hidden in the fine print of a user agreement clause until Ars Technica reported. Facebook was quick to defend the practice as entirely aboveboard—small comfort to those who are beginning to realize that, because Facebook is a free service, they and their data are by necessity the products.”

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