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trade off

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Verb

  1. To choose (something) in exchange for something else, where having both at once is not an available option.
  2. To choose among options, where having them all at once is not an available option.

Noun

  1. Any situation in which the quality or quantity of one thing must be decreased for another to be increased.

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