tradeoff

Cultural  

1. What must be given up, and what is gained, when an economic decision is made.

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Example Sentences

In many cases, the tradeoff is losing access to the service until the money is repaid.

From MarketWatch

Good free VPN software has reasonable tradeoffs: they will limit your data, server choices, or speeds while keeping you actually secure.

From Salon

However, these systems typically face a difficult tradeoff.

From Science Daily

The situation is rarely hopeless, “but it usually requires knowing where you are, resetting expectations and being very honest about tradeoffs,” HernandezAriano added.

From MarketWatch

Warsh, in television interviews and public appearances, has avoided specifying how he would handle these tradeoffs.

From The Wall Street Journal