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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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Relating to a situation in which one person's loss is equal to the other person's gain
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