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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An exchange of one thing in return for another, especially relinquishment of one benefit or advantage for another regarded as more desirable.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun the exchange of one thing (object, right, opportunity) for another of approximately equal value, so as to seal a bargain, or effect a compromise.
  • noun the giving up of one desired objective in order to attain another, when both cannot be achieved at the same time.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An advantage or improvement that necessitates the corresponding loss or degradation of something else.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an exchange that occurs as a compromise
  • noun an exchange that occurs as a compromise

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