trade-off

noun

/ˈtreɪd.ɒf/

/-ɑːf/

Definition

› [C] a situation in which you balance two opposing situations or qualities: There is a trade-off between doing the job accurately and doing it quickly. She said that she'd had to make a trade-off between her job and her family.Balance and imbalance › [C usually singular] a situation in which you accept something bad in order to have something good: For some car buyers, lack of space is an acceptable trade-off for a sporty design.Accepting and agreeing reluctantlyAccepting and agreeingApproving and approval

(Definition of trade-off noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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