Definition of "trade-off" []

• Any situation in which the quality or quantity of one thing must be decreased for another to be increased. (noun)

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• "He said there was no long-term trade-off between growth and austerity."
• "The confiscation idea raises in stark terms the trade-off between tax increases and economic growth."
• "He says he sees “no real trade-off” between volunteerism in the community and the demands of his religious obligations."