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tradeoff::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | trade-off |
| Type of | exchange, interchange |
I faced a tradeoff between eating and buying my medicine.
Examples of tradeoff
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The tradeoff is that you don't get to deduct your contributions from your taxes.
From the forbes.com
That's not a great tradeoff and should stop many investors'analysis right there.
From the usatoday.com
A tradeoff exists between a fixed metal guardrail, as opposed to nothing at all.
From the ocregister.com
The tradeoff for those wider ocean vistas was to allow taller, narrow buildings.
From the news-journalonline.com
The tradeoff for more choice is more junk to sort through to get the good stuff.
From the usatoday.com
So, is he suggesting evils are ok as long as there is a beneficial net-tradeoff?
From the guardian.co.uk
That's not a great tradeoff and should stop many potential investors right there.
From the usatoday.com
That's a fair tradeoff in my book, especially when it comes to turkey tetrazzini.
From the dailyherald.com
This much attention to form usually brings with it a tradeoff in functionality.
From the timesunion.com
- An exchange that occurs as a compromise; "I faced a tradeoff between eating and buying my medicine"
- A trade-off (or tradeoff) is a situation that involves losing one quality or aspect of something in return for gaining another quality or aspect. It implies a decision to be made with full comprehension of both the upside and downside of a particular choice.
- An advantage or improvement that necessitates the corresponding loss or degradation of something else
- (Tradeoffs) A choice that involves giving up some of one thing to have more of another. Ex: In the morning my cousin spends a lot of time putting on make-up, she doesn't have enough time to eat breakfast because she has to go to school. The time she could spend on her nutrition is being given up.
- (Trade-offs) A decision that involves dispersing one thing to gain more of another. -John Huh
- (Tradeoffs) Relative comparison of desirability associated with all alternatives. Tradeoffs consider the impacts on factors and resources significant to the decision. ...
- (trade-offs) the amount of one good (or one desirable objective) that must be given up to get more of another good (or to attain more of another desirable objective)
- Allowing one aspect of a project to change, usually for the worse, in return for another aspect of the project getting better.
- A situation in which a compromise has to be reached between two equally desirable but conflicting interests.
