zero-sum game

English

Noun

zero-sum game (plural zero-sum games)

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

Antonyms

win-win situation
lose-lose situation

Translations

system in which one player's winnings must equal losses of others

Danish: nulsumsspil n
Dutch: nulsomspel n
Finnish: nollasummapeli (fi)
French: jeu à somme nulle m
German: Nullsummenspiel (de) n

Hebrew: משחק סכום אפס‎ m (miskhak skhum 'efes)
Icelandic: núllsummuleikur m
Italian: gioco a somma zero m
Swedish: nollsummespel

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