trade-off
IPA: trˈeɪdɔf
noun
- Any situation in which the quality or quantity of one thing must be decreased for another to be increased.
tradeoff
IPA: trˈeɪdɔf
noun
- An advantage or improvement that necessitates the corresponding loss or degradation of something else.
trade off
IPA: trˈeɪdɔf
verb
- (transitive, with for) To choose (something) in exchange for something else, where having both at once is not an available option.
- (intransitive, with between or among) To choose among options, where having them all at once is not an available option.
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