trade-offnoun
uk/ˈtreɪd.ɒf/us/ˈtreɪd.ɑːf/[ C ] a situation in which you balance two opposing situations or qualities:
There is a trade-off between doing the job accurately and doing it quickly.
She said that she'd had to make a trade-off between her job and her family.
[ C usually singular ] a situation in which you accept something bad in order to have something good:
For some car buyers, lack of space is an acceptable trade-off for a sporty design.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Balance and imbalance
- accord
- accord with sth
- align
- alignment
- balance (sth) out/up
- balance of power
- balanced
- equilibrium
- harmonious
- harmonize
- harmony
- imbalance
- jar
- off balance
- offset
- on an even keel idiom
- one man's loss is another man's gain idiom
- realign
- square (sth) with sth
- symmetry
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