boardroom

/ˈbɔrdrum/
noun
  1. A large room where a company's directors or managers hold meetings to make important decisions.
    • She presented her quarterly report to the executives in the boardroom.
    • The boardroom was equipped with a long mahogany table and video conferencing screens.
    • The CEO called an emergency meeting in the boardroom to discuss the merger.
  2. Used figuratively to refer to the group of people who control a company or organization, or the environment of high-level corporate decision-making.
    • The new policy was decided in the boardroom, not on the factory floor.
    • Boardroom politics can be just as fierce as any political campaign.
    • He spent his entire career climbing the ladder to the boardroom.
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