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Princeton's WordNet

  1. discussion, give-and-take, wordnoun

    an exchange of views on some topic

    "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it"

  2. banter, raillery, give-and-take, backchatnoun

    light teasing repartee

  3. interchange, reciprocation, give-and-takeverb

    mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)

  4. give and takeverb

    make mutual concessions

    "In life you have to give and take"

Wiktionary

  1. give-and-takenoun

    The settling of differences through compromise and mutual concessions.

  2. give-and-takenoun

    A lively exchange of conversation.

ChatGPT

  1. give-and-take

    Give-and-take refers to the practice of compromising or mutual exchange to achieve a beneficial outcome. This can happen in a conversation, negotiation or relationship, where each party is willing to give up something in order to receive something from the other party. It generally leads to a balanced and fair outcome for all involved parties.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of give-and-take in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of give-and-take in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of give-and-take in a Sentence

  1. Tayyip Erdogan:

    It is not a process of bargaining or give-and-take. The peace process is not about giving concessions. We will not allow any step which would hurt the memories of our martyrs.

  2. Shahzad Chaudhary:

    These are the matters of give and take on humanitarian grounds, if U.S. could release Dr. Siddiqui, then Pakistan in return will release Dr. Afridi.

  3. Mohammad Javad Zarif:

    We don’t say the deal is totally in favour of Iran. Any negotiation is a give and take. We have definitely shown some flexibility, i tell you as I told the Supreme Leader, we did our best to preserve most of the red lines, if not all.

  4. Suzanne Nossel:

    Parents and community members play an important role in shaping what students learn in school but this goes far beyond organic expressions of concern or the normal give-and-take between parents and educators in a healthy school environment, these groups have made it their mission to undermine educators, sabotage students' freedom to read and stoke divisive battles that distract from teaching and learning.

  5. Warren Buffett:

    It is just too big and too obvious ... that the benefits are huge and the world is dependent on it in a major way for its progress, that two intelligent countries (would) do something extremely foolish, we both may do things that are mildly foolish from time to time. There is some give and take.


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