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give-and-take en · ADJ

Meanings

1. Transactional; concerning or requiring both concession and apprehension, not given or received without proportional or relative repercussion.

Forms

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give and take		alternative	lexicographic
more give-and-take	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most give-and-take	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

give-and-take en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The settling of differences through compromise and mutual concessions.
2. (uncountable) A lively exchange of conversation.
   • We believe that it is in this spoken world, where people engage in phatic communion and indulge in the give-and-take of interpersonal socialising and the negotiation of personality, identity, friendship and connection, largely unmindful of institutional goals or language policies and politics, that one can best get a view of language vitality. 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 8:

Forms

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give and take		alternative	lexicographic