Meanings
nounboard of directors (plural boards of directors)
plural boards of directors
- A group of people elected by stockholders to establish corporate policies and make management decisions.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution
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Translations
Ancient Greek διοικητικὸν συμβούλιον
- διοικητικὸν συμβούλιον (dioikētikòn sumboúlion)group of people elected by stockholders
Arabic مَجْلِس إِدَارَة
- مَجْلِس إِدَارَة (majlis ʔidāra)group of people elected by stockholders
Bengali পরিচালনা পর্ষদ
- পরিচালনা পর্ষদ (poricalona porśod)group of people elected by stockholders
Chinese Mandarin 董事會 /董事会
- 董事會 /董事会 (dǒngshìhuì)group of people elected by stockholders
Czech představenstvo
- představenstvogroup of people elected by stockholders
Dutch raad van bestuur
- raad van bestuurgroup of people elected by stockholders
Esperanto estraro
- estrarogroup of people elected by stockholders
Finnish hallitus
- hallitusgroup of people elected by stockholders
French conseil d'administration
- conseil d'administrationgroup of people elected by stockholders
German Vorstand, Direktorium
- Vorstandgroup of people elected by stockholders
- Direktoriumgroup of people elected by stockholders
- Verwaltungsratgroup of people elected by stockholders
- Board of Directorsgroup of people elected by stockholders
Greek διοικητικό συμβούλιο
- διοικητικό συμβούλιο (dioikitikó symvoúlio)group of people elected by stockholders
Hungarian igazgatótanács
- igazgatótanácsgroup of people elected by stockholders
Indonesian dewan komisaris
- dewan komisarisgroup of people elected by stockholders
Irish bord stiúrthóirí
- bord stiúrthóirígroup of people elected by stockholders
Italian consiglio d'amministrazione
- consiglio d'amministrazionegroup of people elected by stockholders
Japanese 取締役会
- 取締役会 (torishimariyaku-kai)group of people elected by stockholders
Korean 이사회
- 이사회 (isahoe)group of people elected by stockholders
Norwegian Bokmål styre
- styregroup of people elected by stockholders
Persian هیئت مدیره
- هیئت مدیرهgroup of people elected by stockholders
Polish zarząd
- zarządgroup of people elected by stockholders
Portuguese diretoria, conselho de administração
- diretoriagroup of people elected by stockholders
- conselho de administraçãogroup of people elected by stockholders
Romanian consiliu director, consiliu de administrație
- consiliu directorgroup of people elected by stockholders
- consiliu de administrațiegroup of people elected by stockholders
Russian сове́т директоро́в, правле́ние
- сове́т директоро́в (sovét direktoróv)group of people elected by stockholders
- правле́ние (pravlénije)group of people elected by stockholders
Scottish Gaelic bòrd-stiùiridh
- bòrd-stiùiridhgroup of people elected by stockholders
Spanish consejo de administración, mesa directiva
- consejo de administracióngroup of people elected by stockholders
- mesa directivagroup of people elected by stockholders
Swahili bodi ya wakurugenzi
- bodi ya wakurugenzigroup of people elected by stockholders
Swedish styrelse
- styrelsegroup of people elected by stockholders
Vietnamese hội đồng quản trị
- hội đồng quản trịgroup of people elected by stockholders
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“board of directors.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/board%20of%20directors. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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