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playing field definition

playing field

  1. ground for playing games on, esp. as marked out for the playing of a particular game
  2. a basis for competition or negotiation: usually characterized according to its relative fairness to both parties: a figurative use a level playing field

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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