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trade-off definition

☆ trade·-off (trād′ôf′)

noun

an exchange; esp., a giving up of one benefit, advantage, etc. in order to gain another regarded as more desirable
also written tradeoff trade′·off′

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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