0-Summen-Spiel

English translation: zero-sum game

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German term or phrase:0-Summen-Spiel
English translation:zero-sum game

18:28 Jul 5, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics
German term or phrase: 0-Summen-Spiel
es wird ergebnismaessig ein 0-Summen-Spiel erwartet
Jack Flowers
zero-sum game
Explanation:
Situation or interaction in which one participant's gains result only from another's equivalent losses.
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Ralf Lemster
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Null-Summen-Spiel
zero-sum game


Explanation:
Situation or interaction in which one participant's gains result only from another's equivalent losses.



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Ralf Lemster
Germany
Local time: 13:00
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Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 21
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Thanx. Definition was useful too.

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