Business and Ploy

Business

Business noun - Transactions or economic support provided by customers.

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Ploy and business are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ploy" instead a noun "Business".

Ploy noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Business and ploy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Business" instead a noun "Ploy".

Nearby Word: ployed

old	old business	old ploy
good	good business	good ploy
many	many business	many ploy
successful	successful business	successful ploy
Other adjectives: little, bad, main, secret, unrelated.

Subverted when the aforementioned townsfolk and business owners see through the ploy and aren't intimidated by it.

Source: Shame If Something Happened
After all, Blofeld says upfront, "Extortion is my business." Blofeld Ploy: Done twice in this one, by you-know-who.

Source: Film / You Only Live Twice
The Biker Mice from Mars episode "Danger is Our Business" had Lawrence Limburger disguise himself as a movie director as part of a ploy to get the Biker Mice killed when they take his job offer for a stuntman.

Source: Film Felons

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