zero-sum
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adjectiveDefinition of ZERO-SUM
: of, relating to, or being a situation (as a game or relationship) in which a gain for one side entails a corresponding loss for the other side <dividing up the budget is a zero–sum game>
First Known Use of ZERO-SUM
1944
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