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Webster 1913 Edition


Rivalry

Ri′val-ry

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Rivalries
.
The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition.
“Keen contention and eager rivalries.”
Jeffrey.
Syn. – Emulation; competition. See
Emulation
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rivalry

RI'VALRY

,
Noun.
[from rival.] Competition; a strife or effort to obtain an object which another is pursuing; as rivalry in love; or an endeavor to equal or surpass another in some excellence; emulation; as rivalry for superiority at the bar or in the senate.

Definition 2024


rivalry

rivalry

English

Noun

rivalry (plural rivalries)

  1. The relationship between two or more rivals who regularly compete with each other. The term usually applies to two rivals.
    The Boston Bruins have a longstanding rivalry with the Montreal Canadiens.
  2. In economics, rivalry is a characteristic of a good. Rivalrous goods are those which can be consumed by only one person at the same time -- for example, a candy bar or a suit; a non-rivalrous good may be provided to more consumers at a very low marginal cost for each additional consumer.
    • unknown, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, at Johnstown, “Public Goods”, in (Please provide the title of the work), retrieved 2013-12-02:
    Common goods are those which are rivalrous in consumption but non-excludable

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