above-board

alternative aboveboard · alternative above board · alternative dated above the board

1. not comparableIn open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception.First known use First attested in the late 16ᵗʰ century.

   fair and aboveboard

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   Nothing illegal about any of this to my knowledge. Indeed, this is the very above-board racket of running an independent political committee. Everyone does it. Left, right, center and none of the above. And anyway, why shouldn't a true pay-triot get paid?

   2013 May 15, Stephen Lemons, “Joe Arpaio's Fave Pay-triot John Philip Sousa IV Fires Back, Makes Bank Off Peddling Joe”, in Phoenix New Times, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2019

   Over the weekend, Android owners were displeased to discover that Facebook had been scraping their text-message and phone-call metadata, in some cases for years, an operation hidden in the fine print of a user agreement clause until Ars Technica reported. Facebook was quick to defend the practice as entirely aboveboard—small comfort to those who are beginning to realize that, because Facebook is a free service, they and their data are by necessity the products.

   2018 March 26, Maya Kosoff, “Zuckerberg hits users with the hard truth: You agreed to this”, in Vanity Fair

alternative aboveboard · alternative above board · alternative dated above the board

1. not comparableHonestly; openly.First known use First attested in the late 16ᵗʰ century.

   Synonyms: straightforward, transparent