ON THE TABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does on the table mean? 

• ON THE TABLE (adjective)
  The adjective ON THE TABLE has 1 sense:

1. able to be negotiated or arranged by compromise

  Familiarity information: ON THE TABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ON THE TABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Able to be negotiated or arranged by compromise

Synonyms:

negotiable; on the table

Context example:

the proposal is still on the table

Similar:

flexible (capable of being changed)

 Context examples 

From a cupboard he had brought an old cigar-box, and this he laid before him on the table.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He took my arm, and we went into the next room, where I found an excellent supper ready on the table.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It is a great sickness, because the mother's head is on the table and she is crying.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

"Put them on the table, and bring her in and see her open the bundles. Don't you remember how we used to do on our birthdays?" answered Jo.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Halloa! That’s not your pipe on the table.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Now, let me see,” said Traddles, looking among the papers on the table.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Here I saw his glance directed to my hands, which were folded on the table before me.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

"Overdue" still continued to lie forgotten on the table.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Was the telegraphic form one of these on the table?

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He shook them out on the table, and at once I saw by his eager face that his hopes had been raised.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)