- Company has one thousand on petition for race to be held - Competitor - Contest between rivals - Tournament - Tournament trial - The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what
another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the
same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for
approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged
in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for
before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed
with.