Definition of "rivalrous" []

• Characterized by or given to rivalry or competition. (adjective)

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• "Second, goods made of atoms are "rivalrous" - which means that if I check out a book (or order the last piece of apple pie), then you cannot "consume" the book (or pie) … unless I"
• "The economists you encountered in Chapter 1 have, with their usual linguistic felicity, coined the terms "rivalrous" and"
• "Rival: (Wikipedia seems to call this "rivalrous", but when I were a young economist lass we used to call it rival so I'll stick with that.)"