trade-off
- noun
- /ˈtreɪdˌɔf/
- In choosing between a higher salary and more vacation time, there is always a trade-off.
- involves a trade-off
- decision-making and trade-offs
- resource trade-offs
If they say that they're happy with that trade off, OK, fine.
- If they say that they're happy with that trade off, OK, fine.
- It might take trade-offs, but I'm curious.
- So it's really like the trade off there isn't very good.
- Bringing us to the other big trade off, the Intel CPU.
- What are the benefits and trade-offs in clinical applications?
- So there is some degree of trade off between those two things.
- That's a pretty good trade off in my mind.
- And what is the trade off for picking one over the other?
- And that allowed for endless trade-offs and the denial of free speech.
- But maybe that's worth the trade off for that specific night.
- So the trade off is getting an amazing crust.
- So you know, people, it's a trade off, it's a choice and it's a risk.
- And they would include rebalancing the trade off between resilience and efficiency.
Examples
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In general, there is the classical trade-off between weight and rigidity when designing a racing wheelchair.
Academic text (1990) -
We may have to accept some danger as a trade-off for some degree of robot autonomy.
Fiction book (2002) -
So there is some degree of trade off between those two things.
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And what is the trade off for picking one over the other?
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But in certain contexts, that might be the right trade off to make.
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The key here is to make sure that students understand that there are trade-offs related to solar power.
Academic text (2011) -
There are some obvious trade-offs between the active and passive attacks.
Academic text (2011) -
Several modes of operation allow trade-offs between run time and accuracy.
Academic text (1999) -
Life's a series of trade-offs.
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Complex biological systems have many interacting components, system constraints, and trade-offs in system functions.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
A choice that gives up one good thing to get another when both cannot happen
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Etymology
Trade-off is made from two simple words: trade, meaning 'exchange', and off, meaning 'away'. So a trade-off is when you give up one thing to get or keep something else.