Table

Main Entry:: ¹ta·ble
Pronunciation:: \ˈtā-bəl\
Function:: noun
Usage:: often attributive
Etymology:: Middle English, from Old English tabule & Anglo-French table; both from Latin tabula board, tablet, list
Date:: before 12th century

1: tablet 1a2 aplural : backgammon b: one of the two leaves of a backgammon board or either half of a leaf3 a: a piece of furniture consisting of a smooth flat slab fixed on legs b (1): a supply or source of food (2): an act or instance of assembling to eat : meal <sit down to table> c (1): a group of people assembled at or as if at a table (2): a legislative or negotiating session <the bargaining table>4: stringcourse5 a: a systematic arrangement of data usually in rows and columns for ready reference b: a condensed enumeration : list <a table of contents>6: something that resembles a table esp. in having a plane surface: as a: the upper flat surface of a cut precious stone — see brilliant illustration b (1): tableland (2): a horizontal stratum

— on the table

: up for consideration or negotiation <the subject is not on the table>

— under the table

1: into a stupor <can drink you under the table>2: in a covert manner <took money under the table>

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