tradeoff

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So the risk in, not so much risk as the tradeoff is an undesirable consequence in some other form.

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  1. noun An exchange of one thing in return for another, especially relinquishment of one benefit or advantage for another regarded as more desirable: "a fundamental trade-off between capitalist prosperity and economic security” (David A. Stockman).

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  • Combining PAN and LAN into Wi-Fi without making a tradeoff is an interesting strategy, but it assumes that everything you'll want to use in a PAN has Wi-Fi built in. —  Wi-Fi Networking News
  • China has apparently concluded that, if the tradeoff is air and water pollution, that is acceptable until they reach a point where costly technology can be installed to reduce the pollution. —  The Reality Check
  • Feel free to adjust the settings, or use more or less filtering as the tradeoff is loss of detail and oversmoothing. —  VideoHelp.com Forum
  • For Democrats, the tradeoff is their chances of winning the seat in two years are better against a new opponent than Gregg. —  NewsOK.com RSS - home
  • So the risk in, not so much risk as the tradeoff is an undesirable consequence in some other form. —  UUpdates - All updates
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