BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dictionary entry overview: What does board of directors mean? • BOARD OF DIRECTORS (noun)
The noun BOARD OF DIRECTORS has 1 sense:
1. a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution
Familiarity information: BOARD OF DIRECTORS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BOARD OF DIRECTORS (noun)
Meaning:
A group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
board of directors; directorate
Hypernyms ("board of directors" is a kind of...):
board (a committee having supervisory powers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "board of directors"):
staggered board of directors (a board of directors a portion of whose members are elected each year instead of all members being elected annually)
Holonyms ("board of directors" is a member of...):
management (those in charge of running a business)
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