give-and-take

alternative give and take

1. uncountableThe settling of differences through compromise and mutual concessions.
2. uncountableA lively exchange of conversation.

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   We believe that it is in this spoken world, where people engage in phatic communion and indulge in the give-and-take of interpersonal socialising and the negotiation of personality, identity, friendship and connection, largely unmindful of institutional goals or language policies and politics, that one can best get a view of language vitality.

   2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 8

comparative more give-and-take · superlative most give-and-take · alternative give and take

1. Transactional; concerning or requiring both concession and apprehension, not given or received without proportional or relative repercussion.