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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tradeoff, trade-offnoun

    an exchange that occurs as a compromise

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

Wiktionary

  1. tradeoffnoun

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

    Improved graphics at the expense of battery life was a tradeoff the designers were willing to make.

ChatGPT

  1. tradeoff

    A tradeoff is a situation that involves losing one quality or aspect of something in return for gaining another quality or aspect. It implies a decision to be made with full comprehension of both the upsides and downsides of a particular choice. Often, these decisions may involve balancing advantages and disadvantages.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tradeoff in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tradeoff in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of tradeoff in a Sentence

  1. Anne Walsh:

    That is a more significant allocation limit than we would have in the open-end mutual fund, i see that tradeoff for investors who want the ETF structure as reasonable.

  2. Upendra Tripathy:

    There is always a tradeoff, there can be a relaxed condition so that more people can participate and there is another where you can make sure fly-by-night operators can't come in. It's an ongoing process and we are open to suggestions.

  3. Craig Federighi:

    At Apple Pay, we believe privacy is a fundamental human right, we don't think you should have to make a tradeoff between great features and privacy. We believe you deserve both.

  4. Russ Vought:

    I think this is the real problem with earmarks, is that earmarks take the attention away from serious policymaking and take senators and member offices and turns them into essentially pork factories where much of their time, much of their limited resources is attempting to do the paperwork and investigate these organizations that they are then going to put their names behind, and all of that comes at the opportunity tradeoff from doing real policy reforms, being policy entrepreneurs and providing real leadership on the issues of the day.

  5. Craig Federighi:

    We don't think you should have to make a tradeoff between great features and privacy, we believe you deserve both.

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