win-win, Double Win, total win

Yet when he read about the beer-brewing package offered by another Saugatuck B & B, Sherwood Forest Bed and Breakfast, he decided to book a surprise trip for his wife’s birthday. “She looked at me like I literally had a third eye in the middle of my forehead,” said Mr. Loney, who usually leaves reservations up to her. Since he likes beer and she likes B & Bs, he said, it was a “total win situation.”



HEARD ON THE STREET
Double Win in Buying Back Bank Bonds

There haven't been too many genuine win-win-win situations in the financial markets recently. But the current tide of banks offering to exchange or buy back their battered subordinated debt at hefty discounts to face value seems to be one of them.

Infrastructure

It's a barter deal - what the Chinese side loves to call "win-win". Not aid with strings attached, like Western powers have given DR Congo over the years, but pure business.

W. Edwards Deming建議
這win-win用法 應改為"win,win".

win-win

(wĭn'wĭn')

adj.

Of or being a situation in which the outcome benefits each of two often opposing groups: a win-win proposition for the buyer and the seller.

win-win Show phonetics
adjective [before noun]
describes a situation, plan, etc. in which you cannot lose, whatever choice of action you make, or in which all the groups involved will gain benefits:
This is a win-win situation for her, because whoever wins this match, she's still going to be champion.
Promoting fairtrade is a win-win option, because everyone, both producers and consumers, benefits.