The Double-Tongued Dictionary “records undocumented or under-documented words from the fringes of English,” focusing on “slang, jargon, and other niche categories which include new, foreign, hybrid, archaic, obsolete, and rare words.”    

This week it addressed that familiar phrase “leaving [something] on the table:”   “to refrain from taking the utmost advantage of something; to not address every aspect of a situation; in the form leave money on the table, to negotiate a deal that is less financially beneficial than is expected or possible.”  The examples of use of this term show that it has some significant variations.  It can refer to the difference between the highest and next-highest bid or the failure to address an outstanding issue.  It has also been used to reference the obligation to make a contribution to society by leaving something for the next generation.  In litigation, I usually hear the term used to mean that one party accepted an offer that was lower than the other party’s settlement authority.