winner-takes-all

English

Alternative forms

• winner-take-all

Adjective

winner-takes-all (not comparable)

1. of a competition or contest in which only the winner gets rewarded
   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]

     For the 75 years since a district rebellion was put down, The Games have existed as an assertion of the Capital’s power, a winner-take-all contest that touts heroism and sacrifice—participants are called “tributes”— while pitting the districts against each other.