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ZERO-SUM GAME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does zero-sum game mean? 

ZERO-SUM GAME (noun)
  The noun ZERO-SUM GAME has 1 sense:

1. a game in which the total of all the gains and losses is zeroplay

  Familiarity information: ZERO-SUM GAME used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ZERO-SUM GAME (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A game in which the total of all the gains and losses is zero

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("zero-sum game" is a kind of...):

game (a contest with rules to determine a winner)

Domain category:

game theory; theory of games ((economics) a theory of competition stated in terms of gains and losses among opposing players)


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