noun
trade-off
Used in economics, engineering, and everyday contexts to describe a situation where gaining one benefit means losing another.
コストと品質の間にはトレードオフがある。
There is a trade-off between cost and quality.
この決定はトレードオフを伴う。
This decision involves a trade-off.
A more formal, philosophical term for a contradiction or antinomy, whereas トレードオフ is a practical balancing of competing factors.
Borrowed from English 'trade-off'.