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The reason you check the menu, the price, and your blood pressure.
means A person or company fighting for the same customers, market, or prize you want.
from From Latin competere, to strive together — the same root as compete, where com- (with) meets petere (to seek). The irony bakes itself in: rivals are technically seeking together.
Shared originCompetitor and compete spring from one Latin word.
Strange logicThe root literally means striving with, not against.
Business twistCoopetition pairs competitors who also cooperate.