a. [f. L. type *competītōri-us, f. competītor: see -ORY.] Belonging to competitors or competition; characterized by or subject to competition; competitive.
a. 1734. North, Lives, I. 75. In professions precarious and competitory as the law is.
1805. W. Taylor, in Ann. Rev., III. 240. The competitory spirit of Olympic games.
1831. Fraser’s Mag., III. 21. The respective competitory advantages of the different dishes.
1883. Echo, 30 March. The competitory influence of the telephone,… would … absolutely necessitate a reduction of the cost of telegraphy.
