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table money

British  

noun

  1. an allowance for official entertaining of visitors, etc, esp in the army

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Only the government can table money resolutions.

From BBC

College sports lost me when under the table money and other illegal deals permeated recruiting and now, of course, NIL money is changing the landscape.

From Los Angeles Times

While researching his book “Table Money” in the 1980s, Mr. Breslin spent a lot of time with the so-called sandhogs — the people who dig the tunnels under New York City for trains, water and other purposes.

From New York Times

"We have met with Unison several times to try to end this dispute and we have put additional money on the table, money which is in very short supply."

From BBC

We at Slate suspect that there’s a lot of money being left on the table—money that imaginative business owners could claim by looking to the food-truck business as a model.

From Slate