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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Trade off

I cannot interpret these senteces, even though I looked up dictionaries. Could you please paraphrase them in plain English?

1 The government were attempting to trade off inflation against unemployment.
2 They were willing to trade off information to keep the hostages alive.
3. a trade-off between inflation and unemployment.
  

Top answer

1. to exchange 2. an exchange that occurs as a compromise 3.

  • 1.
  • to exchange 2.
  • an exchange that occurs as a compromise 3.
  • same as N° 1
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1. to exchange
2. an exchange that occurs as a compromise
3. same as N° 1

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