English Dictionary

zero-sum game

名詞

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

日本語の意味

ある参加者の利益が他の参加者の損失に相当する、損得が釣り合う状態（ゲーム理論における状況や類似の政治・経済システムを指す）。

Corporate budget fights often become a zero-sum game, with one department's gain meaning another's loss.

企業の予算争いはしばしばゼロサムゲームになり、一部門の得が他部門の損を意味します。

意味（1）

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

A zero-sum game, as its name suggests, is one in which, whatever the outcome, the payoffs to the players add up to zero, which means that what one player gains, the other(s) must necessarily lose.

zero-sum games （ plural ）