trade off

== English == === Verb === trade off (third-person singular simple present trades off, present participle trading off, simple past and past participle traded off) (transitive, with for) To choose (something) in exchange for something else, where having both at once is not an available option. (intransitive, with between or among) To choose among options, where having them all at once is not an available option. ==== Related terms ====