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a zero-sum game
Meaning: A zero-sum game is a situation in which any gain by one side or person is at the expense of a loss to another side or person involved in the situation.
For example:
- The stock market has become a giant zero-sum game in which one investor gains what another investor loses.
- In a zero-sun game, if you add the total gains of the participants and the total losses of the participants, the sum will always be zero.
Variety: This idiom is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.
Quick Quiz:
In a zero-sum game, any gains made by one player will
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