aboveboard
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In an era where college athletes can be compensated for endorsements and even be paid directly by their schools, Miami has turned into one of the nation’s most aggressive aboveboard spenders.
“It was sad but unsurprising to see him accepting this as an aboveboard, legitimate, independent inquiry,” said Jason Furman, a former economic adviser to President Barack Obama.
He and his colleagues have instead designed an aboveboard playbook for reducing tariffs.
U.S. sanctions normally deter aboveboard oil traders, but a black market flourished.
"China never interferes in other countries' internal affairs and always acts in an open and aboveboard manner," the Chinese embassy in London has previously said.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
