ze·ro-sum (zîrō-sŭm, zērō-)
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Tweet adj. Of or relating to a situation in which a gain is offset by an equal loss: "Under the zero-sum budgeting system that governs federal spending, the money for spinal research is likely to be deducted from some other research account" (Daniel S. Greenburg). |
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