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    gambit


    1. This whole gambit to let the Squidy sail right in was his idea and now, something aboard Tipperary had failed


    2. Harry Cozen is in command and this is his greatest gambit, but alien propaganda threatens to reveal the war's greatest secret on the very day the broadest and bloodiest battle of the conflict unfolds


    3. the wagoners, and it was always a useful opening gambit to ask to


    4. Delurna drew a breath, not expecting this opening gambit


    5. When the company was assembled together at last in the Captain's ready room, the Elf sketched in for them the first gambit of the strategy


    6. “What my colleague is chastening me concerning is that clients ten, fourteen and eighteen,” she hooked her thumb over her shoulder at the ward behind them, “are clearly over-medicated! The Captain can't possibly expect to have what he wants from clients stuck in la-la land all the time!” Jista held her breath, this was a dangerous gambit Reia was playing


    7. Children from the whole gambit of society


    8. Amputated ears began to stink after a while and were worth much less than an AK47 bayonet as a trading gambit


    9. “That should end this particular gambit on the part of my enemies, as soon as any remaining puppets are neutralized


    10. He cheered up a little at this reception to his conversational gambit

    11. “But, I doubt if the ambush-in-the-park gambit will work twice


    12. Her gambit paid off


    13. She looked to Dilimon, who smiled and nodded to support Mark’s gambit, whatever that was, and silently pleaded with the cosmos to not let this become a fiasco


    14. His opening gambit was an eye opener


    15. ” This somewhat direct approach, I later discovered, is the opening gambit of most queer Mediterranean males


    16. This brilliant conversational gambit spared me further effort, apart from occasional gasps of admiration as Aaron recounted his involvement in the recent horrors that proved him to be the bravest and most resourceful of men


    17. body, Roberto shaking his head all the while at this untried gambit


    18. Convincing Vivek, that in spite of his opposition, his father might still go along with the Global, Manian opened his gambit


    19. In the feudal world of academic research, the gambit worked


    20. As you might have guessed, this was not a conversational gambit I could field

    21. Their conversations ran the gambit of “the good ol’ days” to current headlines


    22. desperate gambit failed as the doctor sadly shook his head


    23. The gambit hadn’t worked


    24. Our emerging interest is simply the opening gambit in a game that goes back to the beginning of time


    25. It is a well-used gambit by large retailers in FMCG, for example


    26. ‘But then, is this gambit worth the gain?’ he wondered at length


    27. The Cluster had been the objective all along, and this had all been one mad gambit by Kierd


    28. He watched as the ships weighed anchor, and took up their positions for their risky gambit


    29. This is our daughter we’re talking about, not your career or a promotion or just another political gambit or another voting district


    30. It was his standard closing gambit, easily managed to everyone's satisfaction, and Ellen was back to her books alone inside ten minutes

    31. gambit of public defenders, private practice attorney's and public agencies for child care, mental hospitals and everything else that fed that system


    32. But maybe some trace of his insanity gambit still clung to him, or maybe the conductor took him for homeless and felt sorry for him, or perhaps he was simply infected by the urge to turn his back on the malice of the previous year, because he just said, “Jesus Christ, kid


    33. And let it not be supposed that opinion at the Tankard in Slaughter Lane was unimportant to the medical profession: that old authentic public-house—the original Tankard, known by the name of Dollop's—was the resort of a great Benefit Club, which had some months before put to the vote whether its long-standing medical man, "Doctor Gambit," should not be cashiered in favor of "this Doctor Lydgate," who was capable of performing the most astonishing cures, and rescuing people altogether given up by other practitioners


    34. Mawmsey had the poorest opinion on all other points, but in doctoring, he was wont to say in an undertone, he placed Gambit above any of them


    35. Gambit was told that Lydgate went about saying


    36. Gambit could go away from the chief grocer's without fear of rivalry, but not without a sense that Lydgate was one of those hypocrites who try to discredit others by advertising their own honesty, and that it might be worth some people's while to show him up


    37. Gambit, however, had a satisfactory practice, much pervaded by the smells of retail trading which suggested the reduction of cash payments to a balance


    38. The crowd is still buzzing when Judge Rothstein calls an adjournment for the day, but whether or not Tom’s high-risk two-minute gambit succeeded in undermining six hours of testimony, we don’t have long to dwell on it


    39. If you want to search online for more details, this process is known as “Norbert's gambit


    40. ” One way to think about Norbert's gambit is to visualize the physical case: if you were in Windsor, Ontario and wanted some American dollars, you could go to your local bank and they would charge you a 2% premium for them – though the exchange rate might be at par, the bank would charge you $1

    41. That is pretty much what you'll do in Norbert's gambit, but with units of an ETF, and you never have to leave your desk


    42. However, Norbert’s gambit can also be used to exchange funds in a non-registered account if you ever need to64


    43. Norbert's Gambit for TD: Please note that just prior to publication TD announced that they will be changing the way wash trading works in an RRSP, moving to a setup with two parallel RRSP accounts, one in CAD and one in USD – similar to non-registered accounts


    44. Though it was some work and effort67, Norbert’s gambit is usually worthwhile for converting amounts this large


    45. Norbert's Gambit for Questrade: The first, one-time step in Questrade is to ensure that you have the correct option selected for how your trades settle – choose “trade currency” under “currency settlement”, found in the Account Management page of MyQuestrade (RRSP and TFSA accounts only)


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    Synonyms for "gambit"

    gambit ploy stratagem

    "gambit" definitions

    an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker


    a maneuver in a game or conversation


    a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position