Source : WordNet®

across-the-board
     adj : broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases";
           "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions
           against human-rights violators"; "an invention with
           broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet
           nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"
           [syn: {all-embracing}, {all-encompassing}, {all-inclusive},
            {blanket(a)}, {broad}, {encompassing}, {panoptic}, {wide}]