Give-and-take

noun

noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The settling of differences through compromise and mutual concessions. uncountable
  2. 2
    mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information) wordnet
  3. 3
    A lively exchange of conversation. uncountable

    "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."

  4. 4
    light teasing repartee wordnet
  5. 5
    an exchange of views on some topic wordnet

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abatement of differencesaccommodationadjustmentagencyalternationarrangement

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"There must be some sort of give-and-take."

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