антоним a win-win(situation Баян); перетягивание одеяла(a situation in which what is gained by one person or group is lost by another person or group. OALD. Dividing up the budget is a zero-sum game. MWALD. A game in which the participants are determining the distribution of a fixed total of costs or benefits between them. market share, for example, sum to 100 per cent by definition, so one firm's gain is another firm's loss. Zero-sum games are contrasted with positive-sum games, where gains for all participants are possible, for example international trade, and with negative-sum games, where the contest reduces the prize, for example war over the possession of resources. OE. ▪ Law is not, in most cases, a zero-sum game. ▪ The Alliance Party insists that the conflict is not a zero-sum game but very few people are impressed by it. ▪ This appears to be a zero-sum game, because what one developing country gains is at the expense of another. LDOCE Alexander Demidov); соперничество, в котором кто-то обязательно выигрывает, а кто-то-проигрывает(Cranberry); игра, победителем из которой выходит кто-то один(Cranberry)
игра с нулевым результатом(To avoid pursuing a strategy that would merely postpone addressing critical challenges until after the polls, CAR's transitional authorities and international partners should address them now by implementing a comprehensive disarmament policy, and reaffirming that Muslims belong within the nation. If this does not happen, the elections risk becoming a zero-sum game. margarita09)
