ballon d'essai
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British Dictionary definitions for ballon d'essai
ballon d'essai
/ (bæˈlõ dɛˈseɪ) /
nounplural ballons d'essai (bæˈlõ dɛˈseɪ)
a project or policy put forward experimentally to gauge reactions to it: Compare trial balloon
Origin of ballon d'essai
1C19: from French, literally: trial balloon
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