be above board

To be legitimate, honest, and/or legal. I expected that big company to try to take advantage of us, but so far all of their dealings with us have been above board. I think these documents are above board, Tom—go ahead and process them.

be above board

to be honest and legal The deal was completely above board.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ikaia	-	Hawaiian
Kirk	[kə:k]
MadailÉIn	-	Irish
Misi	-	Hungarian
Gotthard	GAWT-hahrt	German
Cynthia	SIN-thee-ə (English)	English, Greek Mythology (Latinized)