Synonyms for trade-off
trade-off

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1. tradeoff, trade-offnoun

   an exchange that occurs as a compromise

   "I faced a tradeoff between eating and buying my medicine"

   Synonyms:
   tradeoff

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1. • Exchange

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1. List of paraphrases for "trade-off":

   compromise, dilemma, arbitration, balance, horse-trading

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1. Tim Bale:

   There is always a trade-off between having people feel like they have to get with the program or creating what some suggest is a climate of fear that impacts negatively on their loyalty and productively.

2. Michael Dysart:

   They need to be financially secure, but at what cost? What’s the trade-off?

3. Fed Chair Jerome Powell:

   This trade-off is one for our elected representatives, who wield powers of taxation and spending.

4. Stephen Innes:

   If the market continues to trade off U.S. yields and diverging economic data between the U.S. and EU, it's hard to argue against the current direction in yields or the dollar, on the U.S. economic data front, the consumer remains the economy's backbone, and if this robust trend in the retail space continues to build, factor in a bit of wage growth pressure and the U.S. dollar will continue to move higher on the back of higher yields.

5. An IMF spokesman in Washington:

   We have stated clearly what we think is needed for a durable solution to the economic challenges facing Greece - one that puts Greece on a path of sustainable growth supported by a credible set of reforms matched by debt relief from its European partners, the needed reforms and targets need to be based on credible assumptions. As we have said, there is a trade off between what is feasible on reforms and the amount of debt relief needed.