Plot and Yard

noun

• A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal. )
  • usage: "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start"
  • synonyms: secret plan, game
• A small area of ground covered by specific vegetation.
  • usage: "a bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch"
  • synonyms: plot of land, plot of ground, patch
• The story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc..
  • usage: "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"
• A chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object.

verb

• Plan secretly, usually something illegal.
  • usage: "They plotted the overthrow of the government"
• Make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed.
  • synonyms: diagram
• Make a plat of.
  • usage: "Plat the town"
  • synonyms: plat
• Devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet. )
  • usage: "the writer is plotting a new novel"

• (v.i.) To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.
• (v.i.) To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
• (n.) A plan; a purpose.
• (n.) A plantation laid out.
• (n.) A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.
• (n.) A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
• (v.t.) To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.
• (v.t.) To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.
• (n.) Any scheme, stratagem, secret design or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot.
• (n.) A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.
• (n.) Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
• (n.) In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.

(DoD, NATO) Map, chart, or graph representing data of any sort.
(DoD, NATO) Representation on a diagram or chart of the position or course of a target in terms of angles and distances from positions; location of a position on a map or a chart.
(DoD, NATO) The visual display of a single location of an airborne object at a particular instant of time.
(DoD, NATO) A portion of a map or overlay on which are drawn the outlines of the areas covered by one or more photographs. See also master plot.

• (n.) A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc.
• (v.i.) A branch; a twig.
• (n.) An inclosure; usually, a small inclosed place in front of or around, a house or barn; as, a courtyard; a cowyard; a barnyard.
• (n.) An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on; as, a dockyard; a shipyard.
• (v.i.) A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc.
• (v.i.) The penis.
• (v.t.) To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows.
• (v.i.) A measure of length, equaling three feet or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure.
• (v.i.) A rod; a stick; a staff.
• (v.i.) A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast. See Illust. of Ship.

noun

• A unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91. 44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride.
  • synonyms: pace
• The enclosed land around a house or other building.
  • usage: "it was a small house with almost no yard"
  • synonyms: grounds, curtilage
• A tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings. )
  • usage: "they opened a repair yard on the edge of town"
• The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100.
  • synonyms: thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G, grand, thou
• A unit of volume (as for sand or gravel.
  • synonyms: cubic yard
• A tract of land where logs are accumulated.
• An area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines.
  • synonyms: railway yard, railyard
• A long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen.
• An enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock. ).

Slang for one billion currency units. Used particularly in currency trading, e. G., for Japanese yen since one billion yen equals approximately US$10 million. It is clearer to say, "I'm a buyer of a' Yard' of yen" than to say, "I'm a buyer of a billion yen" which could be misheard as "I'm a buyer of a million yen.".