trade-off

The definition of trade off is an exchange where you give up one thing in order to get something else that you also desire.

(noun)

An example of a trade off is when you have to put up with a half hour commute in order to make more money.

See trade-off in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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noun

an exchange; esp., a giving up of one benefit, advantage, etc. in order to gain another regarded as more desirable

also written tradeoff

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