give and take
Balanced exchange together
Give and take is mutual exchange—the willingness to make concessions while expecting others to do the same.
It describes the back-and-forth essential to negotiation, compromise, and healthy relationships: Marriage requires give and take.
The phrase can also describe lively exchange of ideas: the give and take of classroom debate.
- quid pro quoReciprocal exchange of value
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- trade-offExchange requiring sacrifice
- pros and consFavorable and unfavorable points
- fair shakeEquitable treatment or opportunity
cooperation · fairness · equal footing · negotiation · bargaining · flexibility · equilibrium · interplay · tit for tat · compromise · reconciliation · reciprocity · mutuality · concession · push and pull · collaboration · coexistence · balance
- expressions about providinghand over, dish out, dole out, hand out, pass out
- fair exchangesbarter, swap, trade, fair trade, exchange rate
- oppositesopposite, opposites, antonym, antonyms, inverse
- negotiationbargaining, bargain, negotiate, mediation, compromise
- compromisecompromise, middle ground, meet halfway, common ground, split the difference
- cooperation skillscompromise, negotiation, collaboration, teamwork, consensus
give and takeinflexibility
Quality of being unbending
stubbornness · rigidity · intransigence · obstinacy · unyieldingness
give and takeone-sidedness
Imbalanced viewpoint or treatment
one-way street · exploitation · domination · imposition · unilateralism
give and takeultimatum
Non-negotiable final terms
demand · dictation · winner-take-all · hardball · brinkmanship
give, take, mistake, given, giving, forgive, taking, forgiveness, forgiving