Usually means: Trial idea to gauge reactions.
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  1. ballon d'essai: Merriam-Webster
  2. ballon d'essai, ballon d'essai: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ballon d'essai: Wiktionary
  4. ballon d'essai, ballon dessai: Dictionary.com
  5. ballon d'essai: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (ballon d'essai)

noun:  A policy put forward to test reactions; something designed to test the waters, an experimental measure.


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