as in exchange
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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Recent Examples of trade-off
Structural inflexibility is forcing unnecessary trade-offs.
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Katica Roy, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
But their supporters living in the West can disregard such trade-offs.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2025
By 2022, a shopper on a federal government-run marketplace had more than 100 choices, many of which included expensive trade-offs, presented in a way that made comparisons difficult without spreadsheets.
—Elisabeth Rosenthal, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
This trade-off is unsustainable for AI infrastructure.
—Yuriy Bulygin, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Katica Roy, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
But their supporters living in the West can disregard such trade-offs.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2025
By 2022, a shopper on a federal government-run marketplace had more than 100 choices, many of which included expensive trade-offs, presented in a way that made comparisons difficult without spreadsheets.
—Elisabeth Rosenthal, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
This trade-off is unsustainable for AI infrastructure.
—Yuriy Bulygin, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for trade-off
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trade-off
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On Sunday, it was reported that the Eagles and the Vikings have agreed to a deal, which sends the quarterback Sam Howell to the Eagles in exchange for a fifth-round pick in 2026 and a seventh-round pick in 2027.—
Justin Grasso,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Aug. 2025
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With the Trump administration granting Nvidia export licenses for China in exchange for 15% of revenue, the company should eventually start to resume booking revenue from that sizable market.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Trade-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trade-off. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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