trade·off or trade-off (tr d ôf , - f)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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| Noun | 1. |  tradeoff - an exchange that occurs as a compromise; "I faced a tradeoff between eating and buying my medicine"exchange, interchange - the act of changing one thing for another thing; "Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience"; "there was an interchange of prisoners" |
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