trade-offs

language: fr

definitions

  1. noun
    A situation requiring a choice between two or more desirable or undesirable options, where achieving one requires giving up some benefit of the other.
    fr: Situation nécessitant un choix entre options
  2. noun
    The act of sacrificing essential needs or goods to meet unavoidable financial obligations.
    fr: Sacrifice de besoins essentiels pour obligations financières
  3. noun
    In technical fields, balancing competing requirements or parameters to optimize a system.
    fr: Équilibrer des exigences concurrentes pour optimiser un système

examples

  1. Choosing a career involves trade-offs between salary and happiness.

    Choisir une carrière implique des compromis entre salaire et bonheur.

  2. Families often face difficult trade-offs between food and housing costs.

    Les familles font souvent face à des compromis difficiles entre les coûts alimentaires et de logement.

  3. Engineers manage trade-offs between speed and accuracy in software design.

    Les ingénieurs gèrent des compromis entre vitesse et précision dans la conception logicielle.