Usually means: Winner's gain equals loser's loss.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word zero-sum game:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. zero-sum game: Merriam-Webster
  2. zero-sum game: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. zero-sum game, zero-sum game: Collins English Dictionary
  4. zero-sum game: Vocabulary.com
  5. zero-sum game: Wiktionary
  6. zero-sum game: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. zero-sum game: Dictionary.com
  8. Zero-sum game: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. zero-sum game: Rhymezone
  10. zero-sum game: FreeDictionary.org
  11. zero-sum game: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. zero-sum game: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. Zero-sum game: bizterms.net
  4. Zero-sum game: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  5. zero-sum game: Glossary of research economics
  6. Zero-sum Game: Management Dictionary
  7. Zero-Sum Game: Investopedia
  8. zero-sum game: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. zero-sum game: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sociology (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Zero-Sum Game: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. The Computational Beauty of Nature (No longer online)
  3. zero-sum game: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (zero-sum game)

noun:  (game theory) A game (or a similar political or economic system) in which the gains of some players must equal the losses of others.

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