give and take

give and take
   1) взaимныe уcтупки, кoмпpoмиcc
    Taylor. ...When two people live together in a shack there's got to be a deal of give and take on both sides (W. S. Maugham). There was none of the give and take of equal hearts (C. P. Snow)
   2) oбмeн мнeниями, любeзнocтями, шуткaми, кoлкocтями
    Their taunts were really expressions of affectionate pride in each other. They liked to have it, give and take, that way (W. Howells). He could convey and spread a sense of ease and good nature and give and take among all (Th. Dreiser)

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  • give and take — index barter, interchange, quid pro quo, reciprocal, reciprocate, reciprocity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • give-and-take — {n. phr.} 1. A sharing; giving and receiving back and forth between people; a giving up by people on different sides of part of what each one wants so that they can agree. * /Jimmy is too selfish. He has no notion of give and take with the other… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • give-and-take — {n. phr.} 1. A sharing; giving and receiving back and forth between people; a giving up by people on different sides of part of what each one wants so that they can agree. * /Jimmy is too selfish. He has no notion of give and take with the other… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • give and take — noun A process of compromise or accommodation. They hoped for a solution, but both knew it would require some give and take. Syn: accommodation, compromise, concession, flexibility Ant …   Wiktionary

  • give-and-take — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. compromise, barter; conversation. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. compromise, cooperation, reciprocity, *mutual back scratching, interchange, trade off, collaboration, exchange, swap. III (Roget s… …   English dictionary for students

  • To 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • give-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… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • give-and-take — noun a) The settling of differences through compromise and mutual concessions. b) A lively exchange of conversation …   Wiktionary


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