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win-win

adjective

B1CEFR level
30/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

Describing an outcome in which both parties gain something they value.

Shorter payment terms for us and a bigger order for them is a genuine win-win.

Similar: mutually beneficial

Topic: Negotiation in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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