war
/wɔːr/ noun [C] COMMERCE, ECONOMICSDefinition
› a situation in which businesses, countries, etc. compete against each other very strongly: In the supermarket war, Asda slashed the price of petrol.at war The banks are at war for each other's business accounts.lose/wage/win a war The EU is in danger of losing the propaganda war. → See also biddingwar, price war, sales war, trade war
(Definition of war noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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