Across The Board Meaning

Example : 1949, United States Congress Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Hearings:  […] in favor of a straight across-the-board salary increase […]1983, A. Premchard, Government Budgeting and Expenditure: Theory and Practice:  A common technique (variously known as an emergency brake or meat axe budgeting) used by governments is across-the-board cuts;1998, Shahid Javed Burki, Guillermo Perry, Beyond the Washington Consensus: Institutions Matter:  Chile provides the region's best example of a country that has successfully reformed its core public administration across the board.a racing bet where one bets that the same competitor will place in first, second and third