Definitions for give-and-take

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Spelling: [giv-uh n-teyk]
IPA: /ˈgɪv ənˈteɪk/

Give-And-Take is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 564 anagrams from letters in give-and-take (--aadeegikntv).

Definitions for give-and-take

noun

  1. the practice of dealing by compromise or mutual concession; cooperation.
  2. good-natured exchange of talk, ideas, etc.

Origin of give-and-take

First recorded in 1760-70

Examples for give-and-take

Once the positions are set, real negotiations would begin, with give-and-take on both sides.

Nothing, it seems, will budge them from their opposition to give-and-take of governance.

This would seem disastrous in the give-and-take of politics but it is in keeping with sectarian religious doctrine.

You haven't yet learned the team play, the give-and-take of diplomacy.

The give-and-take between them and Democrats yielded better remedies.

To Tom that seemed fair enough,––a give-and-take game of the rangeland.

But it offends my sensibilities to watch the president throw in the towel before the give-and-take even begins anew.

Let it be a case, then, of give-and-take between us, and the rest of the gods will follow our lead.

But perhaps this give-and-take of lovers may seem attractive to some.

But in give-and-take, as one might say, you are igstreamly droll.

Word Value for give-and-take
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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