[
UK
/plˈɔɪ/
]
[ US /ˈpɫɔɪ/ ]
[ US /ˈpɫɔɪ/ ]
NOUN
- an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
- a maneuver in a game or conversation
How To Use ploy In A Sentence
- Moreover, she is being asked to do this while remaining scrupulously impartial and keeping the viewer entertained with talk of trade deals, tariffs and employment figures. Times, Sunday Times
- Someone who really wanted to stop unsanctioned immigration would begin here, by busting the small contractors who employ these workers on a contingent basis.
- Moreover some parts of gain will devolute to Italian Red Cross seriously employed in the disastrous earthquake land that hit the middle lands of Italia few weeks ago. MacMegasite
- Instead of asking the fortunate few, why doesn't Ted asked the gifted masses of state employees to do a little giveback? We're! Number! 5! (Jack Bog's Blog)
- He says the insurance bond provides deserved protection for employees who put a lot into the company.
- Email and Net abuse at work have become the number one reason why UK employees face the sack, according to a survey out today.
- Businesses and service organizations were losing employees and customers weekly, daily, and eventually hourly.
- The firm employs ten people and hires drivers when required.
- The results were disastrous, plunging the country into deep depression, with high unemployment, sharply falling living standards and serious political unrest.
- Employers and business groups contend that a higher minimum wage would saddle them with higher labor costs.