Found 2 items, similar to trade-off.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: trade-off trade-off n : an exchange that occurs as a compromise; “I faced a tradeoff between eating and buying my medicine” [syn: tradeoff]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Trade-off Tradeoff \Trade"off\, Trade-off \Trade"-off\, n. 1. the exchange of one thing (object, right, opportunity) for another of approximately equal value, so as to seal a bargain, or effect a compromise. [PJC] 2. the giving up of one desired objective in order to attain another, when both cannot be achieved at the same time; as, the factory workers viewed the trade-off of air quality for jobs as a necessary evil. [PJC]