seat at the table in English

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "?"
      },
      "expansion": "seat at the table",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "2021 December 29, “City regions keen for meaningful involvement in rail reforms”, in RAIL, number 947, page 6",
          "text": "The Urban Transport Group says that \"city regions must have a seat at the table\" when decisions are taken about how the Government's planned reform of the railways is implemented.",
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        }
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        "A status within a group that gives one sufficient authority to be taken seriously."
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        "(figuratively) A status within a group that gives one sufficient authority to be taken seriously."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "have a say"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "inspraak"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "pöytäpaikka"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "voix au chapitre"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "voce in capitolo"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "miejsce przy stole"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪbəl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seat at the table"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "?"
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      "expansion": "seat at the table",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "have a say"
    }
  ],
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Rhymes:English/eɪbəl",
        "Rhymes:English/eɪbəl/5 syllables",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 December 29, “City regions keen for meaningful involvement in rail reforms”, in RAIL, number 947, page 6",
          "text": "The Urban Transport Group says that \"city regions must have a seat at the table\" when decisions are taken about how the Government's planned reform of the railways is implemented.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A status within a group that gives one sufficient authority to be taken seriously."
      ],
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        "(figuratively) A status within a group that gives one sufficient authority to be taken seriously."
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪbəl"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inspraak"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "pöytäpaikka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voix au chapitre"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voce in capitolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "miejsce przy stole"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seat at the table"
}

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"seat at the table" meaning in English

Noun