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A group of people elected by stockholders to establish corporate policies and make management decisions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: directorate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: board
Narrower terms: staggered board of directors
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مَجْلِس إِدَارَة
(majlis ʔidāra)
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Azerbaijani:
direktorlar şurası
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Bengali:
পরিচালনা পর্ষদ
(poricalona porśod)
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Chinese Mandarin:
董事會 /董事会
(dǒngshìhuì)
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Czech:
představenstvo
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Dutch:
raad van bestuur
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Esperanto:
estraro
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Finnish:
hallitus
— group of people elected by stockholders
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French:
conseil d'administration
— group of people elected by stockholders
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German:
Vorstand
— group of people elected by stockholders
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German:
Direktorium
— group of people elected by stockholders
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German:
Verwaltungsrat
— group of people elected by stockholders
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German:
Board of Directors
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Greek:
διοικητικό συμβούλιο
(dioikitikó symvoúlio)
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Hungarian:
igazgatótanács
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Indonesian:
dewan komisaris
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Irish:
bord stiúrthóirí
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Italian:
consiglio d'amministrazione
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Japanese:
取締役会
(torishimariyaku-kai)
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Kazakh:
директорлар кеңесі
(direktorlar keñesı)
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Korean:
이사회
(isahoe)
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Norwegian Bokmål:
styre
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
styre
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Persian:
هیئت مدیره
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Polish:
zarząd
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Portuguese:
diretoria
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Portuguese:
conselho de administração
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Romanian:
consiliu director
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Romanian:
consiliu de administrație
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Russian:
сове́т директоро́в
(sovét direktoróv)
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Russian:
правле́ние
(pravlénije)
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Scottish Gaelic:
bòrd-stiùiridh
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Spanish:
consejo de administración
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Spanish:
mesa directiva
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Swahili:
bodi ya wakurugenzi
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Swedish:
styrelse
— group of people elected by stockholders
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Vietnamese:
hội đồng quản trị
— group of people elected by stockholders