Synonyms of trade-offs

trade-offs

noun

plural of trade-off

as in exchanges

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exchanges
• swaps
• dealings
• trades
• substitutions
• trucks
• deals
• bargains
• commutations
• quid pro quos
• negotiations
• barters
• dickers
• transactions
• replacements
• back-and-forths
• reciprocations
• recompenses
• horse trades
• requitals
• logrollings

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of trade-offs

Technology Will Carry More Of The Load Trade execution technology is becoming increasingly capable of analyzing these trade-offs. — Adam Cohn, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Now that Amendment 3 is on the books, Florida’s county and local governments will confront major trade-offs. — Abigail Hall, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026

Detailed safety results released on Saturday should help clarify the trade-offs of adding the vaccine to the immunotherapy regimen. — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

That represents one of the trade-offs of access in Washington. — Lucas Laursen, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2026

Wideband, multiband, and electronically tunable antennas enable multifrequency operation, but each involves different design trade-offs. — New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026

Almost nine months ago, Donut Lab rolled up to CES with the promise of a solid-state battery for electric vehicles free of the usual trade-offs, ready for mass production within a few months, not a few years. — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2026

For many, being told that life is a series of dark trade-offs in a deadly struggle over finite resources does not sound far-fetched at all. — Via Haymarket Books, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026

As federal investigators try to determine the cause of the crash, island residents are mourning the dead and confronting the trade-offs of life so isolated from the rest of Southern California. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026