game

game game [geɪm] noun

1. [countable] an activity in which people compete with each other according to agreed rules:

• The market is a game which creates wealth through the process of production exchange.

ˈbusiness game also ˈmanagement game [countable] HUMAN RESOURCES

a method of teaching business skills, where teams of managers act as companies competing with each other

2. the advertising/​public relations etc game informal the profession of advertising, public relations etc:

• The company is certainly not new to the publishing game.

3. beat/​play somebody at their own game to beat someone or fight back against them by using the same methods that they use:

• The computer manufacturer, Compaq, built its reputation by beating IBM at their own game.

— see also zero-sum game

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game UK US /geɪm/ noun [S] informal

► a particular type of business activity: »

I'm in the stocks and shares game.

● be ahead of the game — Cf. be ahead of the game

● be new to the/this game — Cf. be new to this game

● the game is up — Cf. the game is up

→ See also BUSINESS GAME(Cf. ↑business game), CONFIDENCE GAME(Cf. ↑confidence game)