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Trade off

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  1. 1
    To choose (something) in exchange for something else, where having both at once is not an available option. transitive

    "In the entry-level product category, the engineers had to trade off maximal durability for affordable upfront cost."

  2. 2
    To choose among options, where having them all at once is not an available option. intransitive

    "Part of being a competent engineer is knowing how to trade off appropriately among mutually exclusive options, depending on the specified requirements for each design."

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