Definitions for name of the game

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

name′ of the game′*(n.)

  1. Category: Common Vocabulary

  2. the essential element, consideration, or ultimate purpose; key:

    Profit is the name of the game in business.

    Category: Common Vocabulary, Informal

* Informal..

Origin of name of the game:

1965–70


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