a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers; business competition can be fiendish at times'

an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

[ Syn: contest ]

the act of competing as for profit or a prize; the teams were in fierce contention for first place

[ Syn: contention , rivalry ]

the contestant you hope to defeat; he had respect for his rivals; he wanted to know what the competition was doing

[ Syn: rival , challenger , competitor , contender ]