zero-sumadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˌzɪə.rəʊˈsʌm/us/ˌzɪr.oʊˈsʌm/used to refer to a situation in which any win by one person always means a loss to another person involved:
The stock market is now a zero-sum game, in which one party gains what the other loses.
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Expressions used to describe situations
- (just) one of those things idiom
- a bird in the hand (is worth two in the bush) idiom
- all things being equal idiom
- asynchronous
- be in sb's shoes idiom
- be in the same boat idiom
- it's just one of those things idiom
- join
- join the club! idiom
- loaf
- same
- small
- such
- thing
- way
- what's cooking? idiom
- what's done is done idiom
- what's on idiom
- win
- you can't win 'em all idiom
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