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across the board (English)

Etymology

Originated with horse racing where an "across the board" bet was one which covered first, second and third on the betting "board."

Adjective

across the board

pertaining to all categories or things

* {{quote-book|1949|title=Hearings|author=United States Congress Committee on Post Office and Civil Service

|passage=in favor of a straight across-the-board salary increase}}

* {{quote-book|1983|title=Government Budgeting and Expenditure: Theory and Practice|author=A. Premchard

|passage=A common technique (variously known as an emergency brake or meat axe budgeting) used by governments is across-the-board cuts;}}

* {{quote-book|1998|title=Beyond the Washington Consensus: Institutions Matter|author=Shahid Javed Burki, Guillermo Perry

|passage=Chile provides the region's best example of a country that has successfully reformed its core public administration across the board.}}

a racing bet where one bets that the same competitor will place in first, second and third

Translations

pertaining to all categories or things

es

: generalizado

Ungerska - általános

, teljes körű

pt

: generalizado

a racing bet

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