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

Xi is an engineer by training, which informs a keen sense of policy outcomes, systematic trade-offs, and long-term national objectives. — Frank Lavin, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Nestle said those improvements for businesses come with trade-offs for food safety. — Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 27 July 2026

To pretend otherwise, and to accuse everyone who points to these difficult trade-offs of bad faith, is to duck a confrontation with the deepest problems of politics and policy. — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

What’s driving the opposition, and what are the real environmental and economic trade-offs? — Bridget Shirvell, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026

Wearing shoes versus going barefoot is a personal call, with each offering different trade-offs between stability and muscle activation. — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026

Some of the state’s own dealmakers have also been more vocal about the trade-offs. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 13 July 2026

Another future problem is that as chipmakers seek taller stacks, trade-offs between storage capacity and bandwidth creep up, as Yang, a student in the laboratory of UNIST’s Jimin Kwon pointed out. — IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2026