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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
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.
Individual episodes are still thrilling and often quite striking, give or take some pitch-black battle scenes. But the gradual ramping up of the plotting that has grown steadily in the past three seasons crossed some invisible Maginot line this year, where the formerly acceptable trade-offs of focus for fun are no longer quite so taken for granted.
All of these are of vital importance to the effective functioning of GBR. They all require the judgement of Solomon to handle the myriad and complex trade-offs between running trains and maintaining the railway, and deciding how capacity on any particular route can be optimised with all the competing demands from varying operators to run on it.
Use trade-off when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Trade-off means Any situation in which the quality or quantity of one thing must be decreased for another to be increased..
Common synonyms include compromise.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In writing, there's often a trade-off between being concise and being complete.
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