planning board

/plænɪŋ bɔərd/
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Definitions of planning board
  1. noun
    a board appointed to advise the chief administrator
    synonyms: advisory board
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    cabinet
    persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers
    Kashag
    the advisory board of the Tibetan government-in-exile
    British Cabinet
    the senior ministers of the British government
    shadow cabinet
    a group of senior members of the political party that is out of power; these members would probably assume corresponding positions as ministers in the British Cabinet if their party was elected
    US Cabinet, United States Cabinet
    a board to advise the President; members are the secretaries of executive departments; the United States constitution does not provide for the cabinet
    type of:
    board
    a committee having supervisory powers
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