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traded off

traded off is the simple past and past participle of trade off.

Meaning of trade off

Verb

trade off (third-person singular simple present trades off, present participle trading off, simple past and past participle traded off)

  1. (transitive) To choose (something) in exchange for something else, where having both at once is not an available option.
    • In the entry-level product category, the engineers had to trade off maximal durability for affordable upfront cost.
  2. (intransitive) To choose among options, where having them all at once is not an available option.
    • Part of being a competent engineer is knowing how to trade off appropriately among mutually exclusive options, depending on the specified requirements for each design.

Questions about traded off

What is traded off the simple past and past participle of?
Traded off is the simple past and past participle of trade off.

Words near traded off in the dictionary

  1. traded
  2. traded away
  3. traded down
  4. traded hands
  5. traded in
  6. traded off
  7. traded paint
  8. traded places
  9. traded up
  10. tradefallen
  11. tradeful

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