a zero-sum game

a situation where two people compete and if one of them wins anything, exactly the same must be lost by the other Radio has become a zero-sum game, with stations gaining listeners only at each other's expense.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
AndrÁS	AWN-drahsh	Hungarian
Joanie	JO-nee	English
Alwyn	-	Welsh
Uzoma	-	Western African, Igbo
Mckenna	mə-KEN-ə	English (Modern)
Fernanda	fer-NAHN-dah (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian