give-and-take

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give-and-take

noun give and take

uncountable The settling of differences through compromise and mutual concessions.
uncountable A lively exchange of conversation. We believe that it is in this spoken world, where people engage in phatic communion and indulge in the give-and-take of interpersonal socialising and the negotiation of personality, identity, friendship and connection, largely unmindful of institutional goals or language policies and politics, that

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Transactional; concerning or requiring both concession and apprehension, not given or received without proportional or relative repercussion.

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@misc{give_and_take_2026,
  title = {give-and-take},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/give-and-take},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}