tradeoff

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

Example Sentences

That is a costly, potentially even unacceptable, tradeoff in terms of applications, but it highlights interesting opportunities and questions that remain at a fundamental level, he said.

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Whether it will pay off, though, is unclear, given the tradeoffs consumers will be asked to make.

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Whether it will pay off, though, is unclear, given the tradeoffs consumers will be asked to make.

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There are tradeoffs, for all the above reasons.

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Barron’s spoke with Hernandez, author of The Truth About Immigration External link, earlier this month about the wider economic implications of restricted immigration, and the tradeoff between short-term immigration challenges and longer-term benefits.

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