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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 zero
Familiarity information: ZERO-SUM GAME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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