A level playing field

How it is used

Used in recruitment, purchasing and competition. Equal opportunity does not promise identical outcomes for every participant.

Example sentences

1. Giving every bidder the same technical information creates a level playing field.

   Access to information is equalized before bids are assessed.

2. Small suppliers asked for a level playing field when the tender rules favoured large existing contractors.

   The complaint concerns unequal rules, not a demand to win automatically.

Common collocations

• create a level playing field
• ensure a level playing field

Related terms

• company policyAn official rule or set of rules that guides how employees should act in particular situations at work.
• proposalA formal plan or offer, written or spoken, that is put forward for others such as a client or management to consider and accept.

More terms: Office Idioms and Phrases

• touch base
• heads-up
• on the same page
• keep me posted
• ballpark figure
• bandwidth
• circle back
• low-hanging fruit
• get the ball rolling
• back to the drawing board
• drop the ball
• on my radar