playing field
noun1
A field on which a game, especially a ball game, is played.
2
Figuratively Any place or context within which competitive activity takes place, such as market competition between companies.
- A shake-up of transport taxes is needed to create a 'level green playing field' that better reflects how environmentally damaging each mode of transport is.2020 August 26, Paul Stephen, “Network News: RDG urges tax revision to aid switch to 'greener' rail”, in Rail, page 16:
- Derived terms
- level playing field