trade-off
Example Sentences
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The devices come with a trade-off: When companies store our footage, we don’t always have control over how it’s used or shared.
Medicare Advantage plans offer extra benefits such as vision and dental coverage, but those come with the trade-off of a limited choice of doctors and requirements for specialist referrals.
From MarketWatch
"A broad traffic light assessment of the public finances would make governments' multiple objectives – and the associated trade-offs faced – much more transparent and explicit," she said.
From BBC
Seeking such an asymmetric performance trade-off—less upside for more downside protection—is typical for investors in the hybrid securities known as convertible bonds External link, which have qualities of both stocks and bonds.
From Barron's
The IFS said the Scottish government would face tough trade-offs in future budgets.
From BBC
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