See Also: Gambit(money)
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Gambit 2000, SICAV, S.A.(finance)

gambit (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Italian; Origin: gambetto 'act of making someone fall over', from gamba 'leg']
something that you do or say which is intended to give you an advantage in an argument
::a clever debating gambit
::These questions are often an opening gambit (=the thing you say first) for a negotiation.
a planned series of moves at the beginning of a game of chess