on the table
Available for consideration
On the table means available for discussion or consideration: The offer is still on the table.
In negotiations, what's on the table can be accepted, rejected, or modified.
To put something on the table is to propose it; to take it off the table is to withdraw it from consideration.
In poker, on the table refers to visible shared cards or money in play.
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
- cardsStiff paper rectangles
- dishFood container or recipe
- stakesPosts or wagers
- money talksRiches hold influence
poker chips · surface · pending · decision-making · cup · discussion · deliberation · open · in play · compromise · consideration · debate · glass · bargaining chip · deal breaker · plate · agenda · negotiation
- Possibilitymaybe, perhaps, possibly, could, might
- feasibilityfeasibility, feasible, viability, viable, practicality
- up for grabsavailable, unclaimed, untaken, obtainable, on offer
on the tableoff the table
No longer being considered
withdrawn · rescinded · taken back · off-limits · out of the question
on the tableunder the table
Without official documentation
hidden · concealed · secret · behind closed doors · off the books
on the tableunder the table
Without official documentation
off the table · on the floor · on the shelf · away · put away
table, the, tablet, tables, tabulate, tabled, tabling, tabulation, tabletop