Definitions for trade-off
trade-off

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tradeoff, trade-offnoun

   an exchange that occurs as a compromise

   "I faced a tradeoff between eating and buying my medicine"

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1. trade-offnoun

   Any situation in which the quality or quantity of one thing must be decreased for another to be increased.

   In writing, there's often a trade-off between being concise and being complete.

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1. trade-off

   A trade-off refers to the potential outcome or benefit that must be given up in order to achieve or gain another desired outcome or benefit. It represents a decision-making process that involves sacrificing one option for another, often in situations where resources or capacity are limited.

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1. Trade-off

   A trade-off is a situation that involves losing one quality or aspect of something in return for gaining another quality or aspect. It often implies a decision to be made with full comprehension of both the upside and downside of a particular choice; the term is also used in an evolutionary context, in which case the selection process acts as the "decision-maker".

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of trade-off in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of trade-off in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of trade-off in a Sentence

1. Paul Chou:

   The domain expertise, relationships, and career equity I've built are things I never could have done while at Goldman, as a former trader, I'm glad I made this trade-off at the stage of my career that I did.

2. Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin:

   The idea that there is a straight trade-off between freedoms and security is, to my mind, a bit sterile.

3. England Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe:

   The implementation of the detailed reforms will inevitably throw up unforeseen effects in particular places, and where it is justified we will need to revisit issues, but we should be careful about talking about turning back the overall regulatory dial or trying to trade off the risk of financial instability for short-term growth.

4. Chief Executive James Gorman:

   The trade-off between revenue growth and margin expansion is important, this year, we would be more interested in driving higher revenue growth within this margin range that we've been public on.

5. Vincent Papa:

   There is a trade-off there, there is a lot more discretion being granted.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=trade-off
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Trade-off
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=trade-off