Acting chairman tables agenda to begin proceedings (4)

I believe the answer is:

acta

'proceedings' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'acting chairman tables agenda to begin' is the wordplay.
'to begin' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'acting chairman tables agenda' is 'ACTA'.

(Other definitions for acta that I've seen before include "records" , "minutes of official proceedings" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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