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Trade-off

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Noun

1. trade-off, tradeoff

an exchange that occurs as a compromise

Example Sentences:
'I faced a tradeoff between eating and buying my medicine'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Trade-off

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noun
an exchange, esp as a compromise

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Trade-off

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noun
an exchange; esp., a giving up of one benefit, advantage, etc. in order to gain another regarded as more desirable
: also written ˈtradeˌoff

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Trade-off

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n.
An exchange of one thing in return for another, especially relinquishment of one benefit or advantage for another regarded as more desirable: "a fundamental trade-off between capitalist prosperity and economic security" (David A. Stockman).

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