tradeoff

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

Example Sentences

On the frigid coast of Maine, hard-bitten b***hes turn out to be the battered survivors in a brutal world of tradeoffs.

From Salon

Policymakers should assign values to specific foreign assistance efforts and make strategic tradeoffs to further the interests of the United States.

From Los Angeles Times

Farming involves a lot of tradeoffs, and a few of these are often leveraged to make organic look worse.

From Salon

The tradeoff of simply providing access but with inflexible guardrails means that being given access can be just as stressful as not having had access in the first place.

From Salon

Issues that are ultimately complex questions of policy and tradeoffs — like taxes and tariffs — become stark us-versus-them competitions, where people fear exploitation if the other side wins.

From Salon