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give-and-take

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Noun give-and-take has 3 senses
  1. discussion, give-and-take, word - an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it"
    --1 is a kind of speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
    --1 has particulars:
     argument, argumentation, debate; deliberation; conference, group discussion; panel discussion; postmortem; public discussion, ventilation; negotiation, dialogue, talks
  2. banter, raillery, give-and-take, backchat - light teasing repartee
    --2 is a kind of repartee
    --2 has particulars: badinage; persiflage
  3. interchange, reciprocation, give-and-take - mutual interaction; the activity of interchanging or reciprocating
    --3 is a kind of interaction
    --3 has particulars:
     reciprocity; cross-fertilization, cross-fertilisation; dealings, traffic
Verb give-and-take has 1 sense
  1. give and take - make mutual concessions; "In life you have to give and take"
    --1 is one way to compromise
    Sample sentence:
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