"board of directors" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: boards of directors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|boards of directors|head=board of directors}} board of directors (plural boards of directors)
  1. A group of people elected by stockholders to establish corporate policies and make management decisions. Wikipedia link: board of directors Categories (topical): Business Meronyms (board member): chairperson, chair, chairwoman, chairman Related terms: managing director (english: sometimes meronymous), overboarded, overboarding Translations (group of people elected by stockholders): مَجْلِس إِدَارَة (majlis ʔidāra) [masculine] (Arabic), direktorlar şurası (Azerbaijani), পরিচালনা পর্ষদ (poricalona porśod) (Bengali), 董事會 (Chinese Mandarin), 董事会 (dǒngshìhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), představenstvo [neuter] (Czech), raad van bestuur (Dutch), hallitus (Finnish), conseil d’administration [masculine] (French), Vorstand [masculine] (German), Direktorium [neuter] (German), Verwaltungsrat [neuter] (German), Board of Directors [neuter] (German), διοικητικό συμβούλιο (dioikitikó symvoúlio) [neuter] (Greek), igazgatótanács (Hungarian), dewan komisaris (Indonesian), bord stiúrthóirí [masculine] (Irish), consiglio d'amministrazione [masculine] (Italian), 取締役会 (torishimariyaku-kai) (alt: とりしまりやくかい) (Japanese), директорлар кеңесі (direktorlar keñesı) (Kazakh), 이사회 (isahoe) (alt: 理事會) (Korean), styre [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), styre [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), هیئت مدیره (Persian), zarząd [masculine] (Polish), diretoria [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), conselho de administração [masculine] (Portuguese), consiliu director [neuter] (Romanian), consiliu de administrație [neuter] (Romanian), сове́т директоро́в (sovét direktoróv) [masculine] (Russian), правле́ние (pravlénije) [neuter] (Russian), bòrd-stiùiridh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), consejo de administración [masculine] (Spanish), mesa directiva [feminine] (Spanish), bodi ya wakurugenzi (Swahili), styrelse [common-gender] (Swedish), hội đồng quản trị (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-board_of_directors-en-noun-JJ5niFGB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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