2008年1月6日 星期日

board (PEOPLE) , boardroom

Quote from W. Edwards Deming:
Quality starts in the boardroom.


boardroom Show phonetics
noun [C] 董(理)事會 日本 (主に)重役用会議室; (証券取引所の)立会場.
a room where the people who control a company or organization meet

Mr. O'Neal's aloof management style was on display at the firm's quarterly operations-committee meetings in the boardroom on the 33rd floor of Merrill's lower Manhattan headquarters.


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board (PEOPLE) Show phonetics
group noun [C usually singular]
the group of people who are responsible for controlling and organizing a company or organization:
Every decision has to be passed by the board (of directors).
She started in the firm by making the tea and now she's on the board/a board member.
The board of governors meet/meets once a month to discuss school policy.

boards Show phonetics
plural noun US INFORMAL
an official examination given by some medical and business organizations in the US:
This is my last chance to pass the boards.

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)


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