gambit, test case, choosing austerity over stimulus

Sony's Smartphone Gambit

Facebook's Wal-Mart Marketing Gambit

Facebook's ability to woo investors will depend on deals like its 72-hour Black Friday experiment with Wal-Mart, the social network's biggest mobile-advertising campaign ever, with 50 million ads.

LONDON—In a bold gambit to tackle its record debt, the British government detailed sweeping spending cuts Wednesday that will hit everyone from welfare recipients to the Queen, positioning the U.K. as a global test case in the argument for choosing austerity over stimulus to repair the economy.

gambit

  

音節

gam • bit

発音

gǽmbit

gambitの変化形

gambits (複数形)

[名]

1 優位に立つための策, 先手(opening gambit)

a conversational gambit
会話のきっかけをつくる切り出し

try gambit after gambit
先手先手と攻める.

2 《チェス》（ポーン(pawn)などを犠牲にする）序盤の仕掛け.