trade-off betydelse and definition

Betydelse av trade-off på svenska

• 0 a situation in which you balance two opposing situations or qualities:

  • There is a trade-off between doing the job accurately and doing it quickly.

  • She said that she'd had to make a trade-off between her job and her family.

  • For some car buyers, lack of space is an acceptable trade-off for a sporty design.

• 1 a situation in which you accept something you do not like or want in order to have something that you want:

  • a trade-off between sth and sth These companies offer the best trade-off between risk and return for most individual investors.

  • a trade-off for sth The explosion in data collection has been accepted by many as a trade-off for convenience and discounts.

  • trade-off decisions