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Definition of off-trade in English English dictionary

trade-off
Any situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased

In writing, there's often a trade-off between being concise and being complete.

trade off
exchange, replacing one thing with another; compromise, concession
trade off
If you trade off one thing against another, you exchange all or part of one thing for another, as part of a negotiation or compromise. They cynically tried to trade off a reduction in the slaughter of dolphins against a resumption of commercial whaling There is a possibility of being able to trade off information for a reduced sentence. see also trade-off
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A trade-off is an exchange process in which a decision maker gives up partly on some issues so as to gain on other issues
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a management decision whereby there is a reduction of one forest use in favour of another, such as a reduced timber yield in favour of improved wildlife habitat In some cases, a management decision favouring one use in one location, is offset by a reverse decision favouring another use in another location
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Arbitration procedure that allows devaluing one objective in favour of improving the value of some other objective See also Conflicting objectives Examples: "accepting a loss in efficiency for an improvement in reliability"
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an exchange between two variables, such as quick sales and long-term growth, or unemployment and inflation
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An exchange of one thing in return for another; especially relinquishment of one benefit or advantage for another regarded as more desirable
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The determination of the optimum balance between system characteristics (cost, schedule, performance and supportability)
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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. the trade-off between inflation and unemployment. a balance between two opposing things, that you are willing to accept in order to achieve something a trade-off between sth and sth
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In an analysis or assessment of design alternatives, certain products or certain input resources are interrelated so that increasing one reduces the others Between such products or resources there is a "trade-off" cost or revenue as one is substituted for another
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an exchange that occurs as a compromise; "I faced a tradeoff between eating and buying my medicine"
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