kitchen-tabling

English translation: do it informally, (not by the clock)

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English term or phrase:kitchen-tabling
Selected answer:do it informally, (not by the clock)
Entered by: juvera

16:24 Apr 22, 2006
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting / audit
English term or phrase: kitchen-tabling
...he is asked to work without recording the time, which is sometimes called **kitchen-tabling**

Could somebody help explaining the metaphoric meaning?
Franco Mori
Italy
Local time: 21:34
do it informally, (not by the clock)
Explanation:
Tha't what I would take it for.
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juvera
Local time: 20:34
Grading comment
Thanks!!!
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +4working at the kitchen table, not at the desk
NancyLynn
3 +1do it informally, (not by the clock)
juvera
3when you cook, I guess you have special kitchen ckocks which you set to some time to let you
Andrey Belousov (X)


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
when you cook, I guess you have special kitchen ckocks which you set to some time to let you


Explanation:
know it's done

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Note added at 7 mins (2006-04-22 16:31:41 GMT)
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So, the guy, i PRESUME. does not have to keep record of "on" and "off" times

Andrey Belousov (X)
United States
Local time: 15:34
Native speaker of: Russian
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
working at the kitchen table, not at the desk


Explanation:
I don't think it has anything to do with cooking, given your "accounting" sub-heading.
I think this refers to the kind of work one does at the kitchen table, to catch up, rather than the organised work done at the desk. It's work done when there is a little spare time, hence not counted on an hourly basis.

NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 15:34
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marie Scarano: yes, improvising the table for a desk and working overtime with no extra pay
1 hr
  -> exactly, thanks Marie

agree  Dave Calderhead
2 hrs

agree  Alfa Trans (X)
13 hrs

agree  Raging Dreamer: Agree in this being the roots of the metaphor, but I believe informal work is the meaning.
22 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
do it informally, (not by the clock)


Explanation:
Tha't what I would take it for.

juvera
Local time: 20:34
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Raging Dreamer: I agree with the roots being the kitchen table, but this is the meaning IMO.
22 hrs
  -> Thanks.
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