1. A group of persons having managerial, supervisory, or advisory powers (board of directors). • In parliamentary law, a board is a form of deliberative assembly and is distinct from a committee — which is usu. subordinate to a board or other deliberative assembly — in having greater autonomy and authority.
2. Daily meals furnished to a guest at an inn, boardinghouse, or other lodging (room and board). [Cases: Contracts 191. C.J.S. Contracts § 344.]