ploy

/plɔɪ/

noun 3verb 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

clever, effective, good, useful | deliberate, tactical | favourite, old, usual | marketing, sales

VERB + PLOY

resort to, try

PLOY + VERB

work

PREP

~ for

The company's free trial offer was just a marketing ploy for attracting new customers.

Definitions

noun

A tactic, strategy, or scheme.

Near-synonyms: ruse, stratagem

The free T-shirt is really a ploy to get you inside to see their sales pitch.

Sport; frolic.

Employment.

verb

To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.

Troops drawn up so as to show an extended front, with slight depth, are said to be deployed; when the depth is considerable and the front comparatively small, they are said to be in ployed formation.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a maneuver in a game or conversation

noun — an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the sp

gambit

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Near-synonyms: ruse, stratagem

Wiktionary

The free T-shirt is really a ploy to get you inside to see their sales pitch.

Wiktionary

'Bide here,' he says, 'and boil the wine till I return. This is a ploy of my own on which no man follows me.' And there was that in his face, as he spoke, which chilled the wildest, and left them well

Wiktionary

Troops drawn up so as to show an extended front, with slight depth, are said to be deployed; when the depth is considerable and the front comparatively small, they are said to be in ployed formation.

Wiktionary

The opposition party claimed that approving the bill by a vote late at night was a political ploy.

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His ploy almost succeeded.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, ploy is marked as obsolete, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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