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give and take

give and take noun: a process of compromise or accommodation.

Noun

give and take (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) A process of compromise or accommodation.
    • Near-synonyms: accommodation, compromise, concession, flexibility
    • They hoped for an amicable solution, but both knew it would require some give and take.

give and take meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

give and take in Tamil

நீக்குப்போக்கு

give and take in Urdu

لین دین, سودا

give and take in Bengali

আপস, বোঝাপড়ার একটি প্রক্রিয়া

give and take in Malayalam

compromise, concession, reciprocity
പരസ്പരം വിട്ടുവീഴ്ച ചെയ്യൽ, അനുരഞ്ജനം, വിട്ടുവീഴ്ച, അങ്ങോട്ടുമിങ്ങോട്ടുമുള്ള വിട്ടുവീഴ്ച, കൊടുക്കൽവാങ്ങൽ, ആദാനപ്രദാനം
More languagesFewer languages
give and take in Kannada
ಕೊಳುವಡೆ

Examples of give and take in a sentence

  • Give and Take, by any Horse, Mare, or Gelding.1769, St. James's Chronicle:
  • My mama said "you can't hurry love / No, you'll just have to wait" / She said "love don't come easy / But it's a game of give and take"1966, Holland–Dozier–Holland, “You Can't Hurry Love”, in Hello, I Must Be Going!, performed by Phil Collins, published 1982:

Synonyms of give and take

Antonyms

Origin of give and take

First use appears c. 1769. See cite below.

Words formed from give and take

Questions about give and take

What does give and take mean?
Give and take means a process of compromise or accommodation.
What is give and take in Tamil?
Give and take in Tamil is நீக்குப்போக்கு. See Give and take meaning in Tamil.
How do you use give and take in a sentence?
Give and Take, by any Horse, Mare, or Gelding.
What part of speech is give and take?
Give and take is a noun.

Words near give and take in the dictionary

  1. give against
  2. give ale
  3. give ales
  4. give an eye-tooth
  5. give an inch
  6. give and take
  7. give as good as one gets
  8. give away
  9. give away the farm
  10. give away the shop
  11. give away the store

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: give and take (page history and authors); give and take (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); give and take (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); give and take (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); give and take (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); give and take (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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