trade off
US /treid ɔf/
・UK /treid ɔf/
C2
verb
- To accept disadvantages in one area in order to gain advantages in another.
- To exchange one thing for another as a compromise.
- To balance two opposing situations or qualities.
noun
- A situation in which you accept something bad in order to have something good.
- Exchange that occurs as a compromise
other
- To accept a disadvantage in order to gain an advantage.