English Explanatory Dictionary

tradeoff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An advantage or improvement that necessitates the corresponding loss or degradation of something else.

Word forms

tradeoff tradeoffs trade-off

Etymology

Deverbal from trade off.

Synonyms

compromise
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