sucker's payoff

noun

The pessimal outcome for a player who cooperates while the other defects.

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Meanings

nounsucker's payoff (plural sucker's payoffs)

plural sucker's payoffs

  1. computingThe pessimal outcome for a player who cooperates while the other defects.
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