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  • 21trade-off — tra·de off s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} TS econ. situazione in cui un guadagno rispetto a un dato obiettivo implica necessariamente una perdita riguardo a un altro {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: sec. XX. ETIMO: ingl. trade off propr. scambio …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 22trade off — transitive verb see trade off …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 23trade-off — /trayd awf , of /, n. the exchange of one thing for another of more or less equal value, esp. to effect a compromise. Also, tradeoff. [1960 65; n. use of v. phrase trade off] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 24trade-off — noun Any situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased. In writing, theres often a trade off between being concise and being complete …

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  • 25trade-off — noun (C) an acceptable balance between two opposing things that you want: There has to be a trade off between quality and quantity if we want to keep prices low …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26trade-off study — noun (aeronautics, space technol) A logical evaluation, during the preliminary design process, of the pros and cons of alternative approaches and/or parameters which leads to the choice of the preferred ones • • • Main Entry: ↑trade …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 27Trade-off theory of capital structure — The trade off theory of capital structure refers to the idea that a company chooses how much debt finance and how much equity finance to use by balancing the costs and benefits. The classical version of the hypothesis goes back to Kraus and… …

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  • 28trade-off — / treɪd ɒf/ noun an act of exchanging one thing for another as part of a business deal (NOTE: plural is trade offs) …

    Marketing dictionary in english

  • 29trade-off — / treɪd ɒf/ noun an act of exchanging one thing for another as part of a business deal (NOTE: The plural is trade offs.) …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 30trade-off — balancing of factors not achievable at the same time, e.g. maximum economic yield and maximum sustainable yield …

    Dictionary of ichthyology