trade-off

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Noun

trade-off

1. Any situation in which the quality or quantity of one thing must be decreased for another to be increased.

   In writing, there's often a trade-off between being concise and being complete.

Synonyms

• compromise

Translations

• French: compromis, trade-off
• German: Kompromiss, Trade-off, Ausgleich, Abwägung , Zielkonflikt
• Portuguese: contraparte, dilema
• Russian: компроми́сс
• Spanish: dilema

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