Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

board of directors

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables
board- of di-rec-tors
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A group of people elected by stockholders to establish corporate policies and make management decisions.

Inflected Forms

boards of directors (plural)

Phrases

managing director

Frequently Paired Words

directive directorate directorship managing director overboarded overboarding

Synonyms

directorate

Questions

What does board of directors mean?
A group of people elected by stockholders to establish corporate policies and make management decisions.

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