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what does give and take mean?

GIVE AND TAKE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • make mutual concessions

    Usage Example(s)
    • In life you have to give and take

    Hypernyms(s) give and take is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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what does give-and-take mean?

GIVE-AND-TAKE as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • mutual interaction
    • the activity of interchanging or reciprocating

    Synonym(s)
    Hypernyms(s) give-and-take is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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  2. Meaning
    • light teasing repartee

    Synonym(s)
    Hypernyms(s) give-and-take is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    Hyponym(s)
    Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • an exchange of views on some topic

    Synonym(s)
    Usage Example(s)
    • we had a good discussion
    • we had a word or two about it

    Hypernyms(s) give-and-take is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
    Hyponym(s)
    Derived(s)
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.