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21give and take — Where there is give and take, people make concessions in order to get things they want in negotiations. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
22give-and-take — a situation in which two people or groups allow each other to have or do some of the things that they want. You can t always insist on your own way there has to be some give and take …
23give and take — verb make mutual concessions (Freq. 1) In life you have to give and take • Hypernyms: ↑compromise • Verb Frames: Somebody s …
24give and take is fair play — 1778 F. BURNEY Evelina I. xxv. This here may be a French fashion..but Give and Take is fair in all nations. 1832 MARRYAT Newton Forster III. x. Give and take is fair play. All I say is, let it be a fair stand up fight. 1873 ‘TWAIN’ & WARNER… …
25To give and take — Give Give (g[i^]v), v. t. [imp. {Gave} (g[=a]v); p. p. {Given} (g[i^]v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Giving}.] [OE. given, yiven, yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. ge[eth]an, OHG. geban, G. geben, Icel. gefa, Sw. gifva, Dan. give, Goth.… …
26give and take — mutual concessions and compromises. → give …
27give-and-take — UK / US noun [uncountable] a situation in which people or groups who want different things each give some things to the others and get some things from the others …
28give-and-take — see give …
29give-and-take — Synonyms and related words: abatement of differences, accommodation, adjustment, agency, alternation, arrangement, badinage, balance, ballast, banter, bargain, barter, bartering, battledore and shuttlecock, boomerang, brokerage, buying and… …
30give-and-take — noun a) The settling of differences through compromise and mutual concessions. b) A lively exchange of conversation …
