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Deverbal from trade off.
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trade-off
Today it means: Any situation in which the quality or quantity of one thing must be decreased for another to be increased. Full definition →
Today it means: Any situation in which the quality or quantity of one thing must be decreased for another to be increased. Full definition →
Deverbal from trade off.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.