Meanings
- That benefits both or all parties, or that has two distinct benefits.First known use 1960s
win-win outcome
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win-win situation
In zero-sum games, every win for one side is a loss for the other ; there can be no such thing as a "win-win" outcome
1962, Joel David Singer, Deterrence, arms control, and disarmamentHas the shifting policy of win-win to win-hold-win and back to win-win had an impact on your munitions requirements determinations?
1962, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, Department of Defense appropriations for ...: Part 32. Win-Win The best partnership
1966, Justin Paul, International Marketing: Text And Cases, page 175A Win/Win Approach to Conflict / An integrative approach to conflict has such obvious merit for a group that it is worth spending some time looking at how it works
1974, Taylor McConnell, Group leadership for self-realizationAntonyms: lose-lose
- abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of win-win situation: A situation that benefits both or all parties, or that has two distinct benefits.
They got their school project funded, and you got to look like a generous benefactor, plus some free advertising. It's a win-win.
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"It's a lose-lose situation. It can be turned into a win-win. We should be encouraging and supporting expensive bi-mode freight locomotives, especially where capacity is constrained.
2024 October 30, Paul Clifton, “How can freight be a major part of rail's future?”, in RAIL, number 1021, page 57Antonyms: lose-lose
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThat benefits both or all parties, or that has two distinct benefits.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 雙贏 /双赢, 雙贏局面 /双赢局面
- 雙贏 /双赢 (shuāngyíng)of a situation that benefits two parties
- 雙贏局面 /双赢局面 (shuāngyíng júmiàn)situation that benefits both parties
Danish win-win-situation
- win-win-situationof a situation that benefits two parties
Dutch win-win
- win-winof a situation that benefits two parties
Finnish molempia hyödyttävä, win-win
- molempia hyödyttäväof a situation that benefits two parties
- win-winof a situation that benefits two parties
- yhteisvoittosituation that benefits both parties
- win-win-tilannesituation that benefits both parties
French gagnant-gagnant
- gagnant-gagnantof a situation that benefits two parties
German zum beiderseitigen Vorteil, Doppelsieg
- zum beiderseitigen Vorteilof a situation that benefits two parties
- Doppelsiegof a situation that benefits two parties
- Win-Winof a situation that benefits two parties
Greek όλοι κερδισμένοι
- όλοι κερδισμένοι (óloi kerdisménoi)of a situation that benefits two parties
Hungarian mindkét fél számára előnyös/kedvező/nyerő, win-win
- mindkét fél számára előnyös/kedvező/nyerőof a situation that benefits two parties
- win-winof a situation that benefits two parties
- mindkét fél számára előnyös helyzetsituation that benefits both parties
Norwegian Bokmål vinn-vinn
- vinn-vinnof a situation that benefits two parties
Polish wilk syty i owca cała, wilk syty i owca cała
- wilk syty i owca całaof a situation that benefits two parties
- wilk syty i owca całasituation that benefits both parties
Portuguese em que todos saem ganhando, em que todos ganham
- em que todos saem ganhandoof a situation that benefits two parties
- em que todos ganhamof a situation that benefits two parties
Russian беспро́игрышный, взаимовы́годный
- беспро́игрышный (bespróigryšnyj)of a situation that benefits two parties
- взаимовы́годный (vzaimovýgodnyj)of a situation that benefits two parties
Spanish en donde todos ganan, en donde todos salen ganando
- en donde todos gananof a situation that benefits two parties
- en donde todos salen ganandoof a situation that benefits two parties
- en donde todos ganamosof a situation that benefits two parties
- en donde todos salimos ganandoof a situation that benefits two parties
- situación en donde todos ganansituation that benefits both parties
- situación en donde todos salen ganandosituation that benefits both parties
- situación en donde todos ganamossituation that benefits both parties
- situación en donde todos salimos ganandosituation that benefits both parties
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with win-win
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