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a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another
- a trade-off in which a company got a celebrity spokesperson and a fading star got some much-needed cash
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“Trade-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trade-off. Accessed 23 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of trade-off was in 1909
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