- open and above board
- in the open, overtly, explicitly
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
open and above board
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above board — UK / US adjective completely honest and legal She s been totally open and above board about it … English dictionary
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Open access — This article is about open access to research literature. For other uses, see Open access (disambiguation). Open Access logo, originally designed by Public Library of Science Open access (OA) refers to unrestricted access via the Internet to… … Wikipedia
Open standard — An open standard is a standard that is publicly available and has various rights to use associated with it, and may also have various properties of how it was designed (e.g. open process). There is no single definition and interpretations vary… … Wikipedia
