trade-off — ˈtrade off noun [countable] a balance between two situations in order to get an acceptable result: • The legal restrictions will remain as a trade off for allowing interstate investment. * * * trade off UK US /ˈtreɪdɒf/ noun [C, usually singular] … Financial and business terms
Trade-off — o simplemente tradeoff es una situación en la cual se debe perder cierta cualidad a cambio de otra cualidad. Implica una decisión en la cual se comprende totalmente las ventajas y desventajas de cada elección. Por ejemplo, en una compra se puede… … Wikipedia Español
trade-off — trade offs also tradeoff N COUNT A trade off is a situation where you make a compromise between two things, or where you exchange all or part of one thing for another. [JOURNALISM] The newspaper s headline indicates that there was a trade off at… … English dictionary
trade-off — n a balance between two opposing things, that you are willing to accept in order to achieve something a trade off between sth and sth ▪ There has to be a trade off between quality and quantity if we want to keep prices low … Dictionary of contemporary English
trade-off — trade ,off noun count the fact that you can only have one of two things, or the degree to which you can have both: the trade off between efficiency and quality a. an agreement to do something if someone else does something … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
trade-off — trade′ off or trade′off n. the exchange of one thing for another of more or less equal value, esp. to effect a compromise • Etymology: 1960–65 … From formal English to slang
trade-off — trade off. См. различающийся признак. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
trade off — index barter Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
trade-off — /tre(i)d&Ef, ingl. ˈtreɪdˌHf/ [vc. ingl., propr. «scambio»] s. m. inv. (econ.) punto di equilibrio, compromesso … Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione
trade-off — ► NOUN ▪ a balance achieved between two desirable but incompatible features; a compromise … English terms dictionary
trade-off — ☆ trade off [trād′ôf΄ ] n. an exchange; esp., a giving up of one benefit, advantage, etc. in order to gain another regarded as more desirable: also written tradeoff … English World dictionary
