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zero-sum games

zero-sum games is the plural of zero-sum game.

Meaning of zero-sum game

Noun

zero-sum game (plural zero-sum games)

  1. A game (or a similar political or economic system) in which the gains of some players must equal the losses of others.
    • Dalio is right, but somewhat self-serving. If hedge-fund managers are playing a zero-sum game, what is their social utility? […] Can it really be in America’s interest to have so much of its young talent playing a zero-sum game?2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN

Questions about zero-sum games

What is zero-sum games the plural of?
Zero-sum games is the plural of zero-sum game.

Words near zero-sum games in the dictionary

  1. zero-shadow day
  2. zero-shot
  3. zero-shot learning
  4. zero-sum
  5. zero-sum game
  6. zero-sum games
  7. zero-till
  8. zero-tillage
  9. zero-tilled
  10. zero-turn
  11. zero-turns

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