“zero-sum game”
Posted by Sunil Jose on February 14, 2008
It is a situation where you have two people competing and when one of them wins something, the exact amount is lost by the other. In other words, when you gain, the other individual loses and when the other person gains, you lose. The important thing to remember is that the amount gained is equivalent to the amount lost.
Here are a few examples. *The two companies are playing a zero-sum game, where both are competing for the same paltry resources. *Television has become a zero-sum game, with networks gaining audience only at each other’s expense.
S. Upendran , The Hindu- ‘Know Your English’ Series, December 24, 2002
