"tradeoff" meaning in English

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      "args": {
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        "2": "trade off"
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      "expansion": "Deverbal from trade off",
      "name": "deverbal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from trade off.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tradeoffs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "tradeoff (plural tradeoffs)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English deverbals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Improved graphics at the expense of battery life was a tradeoff the designers were willing to make."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An advantage or improvement that necessitates the corresponding loss or degradation of something else."
      ],
      "id": "en-tradeoff-en-noun-~TbwKy2b",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "compromise"
        },
        {
          "word": "trade-off"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tradeoff"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "trade off"
      },
      "expansion": "Deverbal from trade off",
      "name": "deverbal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from trade off.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tradeoffs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tradeoff (plural tradeoffs)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English deverbals",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Improved graphics at the expense of battery life was a tradeoff the designers were willing to make."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An advantage or improvement that necessitates the corresponding loss or degradation of something else."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "compromise"
    },
    {
      "word": "trade-off"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tradeoff"
}