SPITE

Spite

In fair division problems, spite is a phenomenon that occurs when a player's value of an allocation decreases when one or more other players' valuation increases. Thus, other things being equal, a player exhibiting spite will prefer an allocation in which other players receive less than more .

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spite

Noun

  1. Ill will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; a desire to vex or injure; petty malice; grudge; rancor.
    He was so filled with spite for his ex-wife, he could not hold down a job.
    They did it just for spite.
  2. Vexation; chagrin; mortification.
    "The time is out of joint: O cursed spite." Shakespeare, Hamlet

Verb

  1. To treat maliciously; to try to injure or thwart.
    She soon married again, to spite her ex-husband.
  2. To be angry at; to hate.
    The Danes, then pagans, spited places of religion. — Fuller.
  3. To fill with spite; to offend; to vex.
    Darius, spited at the Magi, endeavoured to abolish not only their learning, but their language. — Sir. W. Temple.


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