Meanings
plural level playing fields
- A situation which offers no advantage to any particular person or side.
Although the political commitment to maintaining a level playing field is generally strong, government commercial activities may damage the competition landscape either due to deliberate or unintentional departures from neutral practices.
2012, OECD, Competitive Neutrality […] , OECD Publishing, →ISBN, page 91 more example
Although the government has significantly reduced its UK growth targets to 75% by 2050 from the heady heights of trebling it in ten years at the beginning of privatisation, the rail freight industry is calling on all politicians to create a level playing field with road haulage.
2024 March 20, “Network News: Freight still needs a level playing field, MPs hear from Rail Partners”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 11
Translations
Bulgarian равни условия
- равни условия (ravni uslovija)a situation which offers no advantage to any particular person or side
Czech rovné podmínky
- rovné podmínkya situation which offers no advantage to any particular person or side
French conditions de concurrence équitables
- conditions de concurrence équitablesa situation which offers no advantage to any particular person or side
German faire Wettbewerbsbedingungen
- faire Wettbewerbsbedingungena situation which offers no advantage to any particular person or side
Italian concorrenza leale, piano paritario
- concorrenza lealea situation which offers no advantage to any particular person or side
- piano paritarioa situation which offers no advantage to any particular person or side
Polish równe szanse
- równe szansea situation which offers no advantage to any particular person or side
Russian равные условия
- равные условия (ravnyje uslovija)a situation which offers no advantage to any particular person or side
Spanish condiciones de competencia equitativas
- condiciones de competencia equitativasa situation which offers no advantage to any particular person or side
Welsh cae chwarae gwastad
- cae chwarae gwastada situation which offers no advantage to any particular person or side
Cite this entry
level playing field. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/level%20playing%20field
“level playing field.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/level%20playing%20field. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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