Sekirov Dictionary

trade off

verb 2
trade-off noun 1
forms 4

verb2

•
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.
•
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.

trade-off noun1

•
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.

forms

traded off · trading off · trades off · trade-offs

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