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a trade-off
balance between advantages and disadvantages
A trade-off is a situation where getting one benefit means accepting a disadvantage or giving up something else.
Hear it in real life
Is the cheaper apartment worth it?
Maybe, but there is a trade-off because it is much farther from work.
Working from home involves a trade-off between flexibility and social contact.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: There is a trade-off of salary and free time.
Say: There is a trade-off between salary and free time.
Use “a trade-off between A and B” when comparing two benefits or disadvantages.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
a trade-off between A and B; make a trade-off; involve a trade-off
Your turn: say it out loud
Working from home involves a trade-off between flexibility and social contact.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
a trade-off
balance between advantages and disadvantages
“Working from home involves a trade-off between flexibility and social contact.”
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