to the victor go the spoils
The winner of a conflict gains additional benefits, beyond the subject of the conflict.
victor
UK /ˈvɪk.tə(ɹ)/ US /ˈvɪk.tə(ɹ)/
name 5noun 3
Definitions
noun
1
The winner in a fight or contest.
City were also the victors on that occasion 56 years ago, winning 5-0, but this visit was portrayed as a measure of their progress against the 19-time champions.
2
Alternative letter-case form of Victor from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
noun
1
radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter V.
name
1
A male given name from Latin.
'Well, it's your mother who chose Victor. I never liked the name. It sounded a bit like boasting. I think it was because you were born on May something or other when we celebrate the day Germans surrendered.' 'I wasn't. I was born in September.' 'Oh, then there must have been another reason. Perhaps she thought to have you at all was her victory. Over me. I wasn't so keen on a child.'
But Hong Kong-based cross-media artist Victor Wong didn’t think the painting — which looks like a blurry oil painting of a man — was anything that revolutionary.
2
A number of places in the United States.
3
A number of places in the United States.
4
A number of places in the United States.
5
A number of places in the United States.
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