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trade-offs

trade-offs is the plural of trade-off.

Meaning of trade-off

Noun

trade-off (plural trade-offs)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    compromise

Phrases with trade-offs

Questions about trade-offs

What is trade-offs the plural of?
Trade-offs is the plural of trade-off.

Words near trade-offs in the dictionary

  1. trade-mark
  2. trade-marked
  3. trade-marking
  4. trade-marks
  5. trade-off
  6. trade-offs
  7. trade-show
  8. trade-showed
  9. trade-showing
  10. trade-shows
  11. trade-unionize

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