PLOY


Meaning of PLOY in English

/ plɔɪ; NAmE / noun

ploy (to do sth) words or actions that are carefully planned to get an advantage over sb else

SYN manoeuvre :

a clever marketing ploy

It was all a ploy to distract attention from his real aims.

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WORD ORIGIN

late 17th cent. (originally Scots and northern English in the sense pastime ): of unknown origin. The notion of “a calculated plan” dates from the 1950s.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.