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Above board

Parf of speech: Adjective, OED Year: 1695, OED Evaluation: N/A

Open, candid, forthright; fair, honest, transparent. In later use also: legal, legitimate; open to inspection, regulation, etc.

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Speaker: Lived in ah tents at forty below zero, had an operation in Mexico in the state of Wahaca, a mining operation down there, which we vacated because ah I guess they weren't exactly being above board if you want to call it that. Interviewer: What, on board? Speaker: above board. The people who were operating the mine in Mexico, eh? You-know, one for you, two for me sort-of-thing.
Open, candid, forthright; fair, honest, transparent. In later use also: legal, legitimate; open to inspection, regulation, etc.