a discrete chance or opportunity to achieve something, as in “we better polish our sales pitch for tomorrow Phil, I don’t think we’re going to have another bite of the apple”; more than one of these for a given individual is often worth remarking on; similar to the term at-bats,1 a bit of jargon preferred in more sports-oriented environments, and used when the referenced opportunities are somewhat more numerous
- This term may require some familiarity with the sport of baseball to fully appreciate, as the other bat-and-ball game with some global reach, cricket, generally has limited at-bats in a game for a given player, although they can be far longer in duration. ↩