Usually means: Mutual compromise for beneficial outcome.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word give and take:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. give-and-take: Merriam-Webster
  2. give and take: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. give-and-take: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. give-and-take, give-and-take: Collins English Dictionary
  5. give-and-take, give and take: Vocabulary.com
  6. give-and-take: Wordnik
  7. give-and-take: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. give-and-take, give and take: Wiktionary
  9. give-and-take: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. give-and-take: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. give-and-take, give and take: Dictionary.com
  12. give-and-take: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Give and Take (Dynamic Superiors album), Give and Take (Mike Stern album), Give and Take (film), Give and take: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. give-and-take, give and take: Rhymezone
  15. give-and-take: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. Give and Take: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  17. give-and-take, give and take: FreeDictionary.org
  18. give-and-take, give and take: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. give-and-take, give and take: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. give and take: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. give and take: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. give-and-take: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. give and take: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Give and Take: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (give and take)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) A process of compromise or accommodation.

Similar:
discussion, reciprocation, interchange, raillery, banter, word, backchat, give-and-take, compromise, concession, more...

Opposite:
unilateralism, one-sidedness, selfishness

Phrases:
give an inch and he will take a mile, give an inch and she will take a mile, to give and take, give and take relationship, more...

Adjectives:
saught, avail, gotten, dimissory, accommodate, accept, moved, apply, better, exact, retaining



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Similar:
discussion, reciprocation, interchange, raillery, banter, word, backchat, give-and-take, compromise, concession, more...

Opposite:
unilateralism, one-sidedness, selfishness

Phrases:
give an inch and he will take a mile, give an inch and she will take a mile, to give and take, give and take relationship, more...

Adjectives:
saught, avail, gotten, dimissory, accommodate, accept, moved, apply, better, exact, retaining



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