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Meaning of trade-off

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

trade-off

noun

Definitions

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

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

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