What does it mean to table something?

“Tabling” an item is a term most often applied to an issue or agenda item within the context of a formal meeting. The term has different meanings in different English-speaking countries, with a crucial difference between U. S. and British usages. .(reference 1)

To table an issue means that the issue is “placed on the table” for consideration or discussion.

To table an issue means that discussion of the issue is postponed, possibly indefinitely.

Under “Robert’s Rules of Order,” the recognised compendium of parliamentary procedure, a motion to “lay on the table” asks the body to set aside an issue until after a different, more pressing, issue has been addressed. The first issue remains on the body's docket until taken up again and resolved.