aboveboard

aboveboard definition

above·board (-bôrd′, -bôrd′)

adverb, adjective

without dishonesty or concealment be open and aboveboard with me

Etymology: above + board (table): orig. a card player's term for cards in plain view

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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