give and take as a verb: - 1
give and take
verb
1 give and take
Make mutual concessions.
Roget 774:
compromise,
commute,
compound;
take the mean;
split the difference,
meet one halfway,
give and take;
come to terms
etc.
(contract)
769;
submit to arbitration,
abide by arbitration;
patch up,
bridge over,
arrange;
straighten out,
adjust,
differences,
agree;
make the best of,
make a virtue of necessity;
take the will for the deed.
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Roget 939:
be honorable
etc.
adj.;
deal honorably,
deal squarely,
deal impartially,
deal fairly;
speak the truth
etc.
(veracity)
543;
draw a straight furrow;
tell the truth and shame the Devil,
vitam impendere vero [Lat.];
show a proper spirit,
make a point of;
do one's duty
etc.
(virtue)
944.
redeem one's pledge
etc.
926;
keep one's promise,
be as good as one's promise,
be as good as one's word;
keep faith with,
not fail.
give and take,
audire alteram partem [Lat.],
give the Devil his due,
put the saddle on the right horse.
redound to one's honor.
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Roget 922:
be right
etc.
adj.;
stand to reason.
see justice done,
see one righted,
see fair play;
do justice to;
recompense
etc.
(reward)
973;
bold the scales even,
give and take;
serve one right,
put the saddle on the right horse;
give every one his due,
give the devil his due;
audire alteram partem [Lat.].
deserve
etc.
(be entitled to)
924.
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Roget 794:
barter,
exchange,
swap,
swop†,
truck,
scorse†;
interchange
etc.
148;
commutate
etc.
(substitute)
147;
compound for.
trade,
traffic,
buy and sell,
give and take,
nundinate†;
carry on a trade,
ply a trade,
drive a trade;
be in business,
be in the city;
keep a shop,
deal in,
employ one's capital in.
trade with,
deal with,
have dealings with;
transact business with,
do business with;
open an account with,
keep an account with.
bargain;
drive a bargain,
make a bargain;
negotiate,
bid for;
haggle,
higgle†;
dicker [U.S.];
chaffer,
huckster,
cheapen,
beat down;
stickle,
stickle for;
out bid,
under bid;
ask,
charge;
strike a bargain
etc.
(contract)
769.
speculate,
give a sprat to catch a herring;
buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market,
buy low and sell high;
corner the market;
rig the market,
stag the market.
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Roget 718:
retaliate,
retort,
turn upon;
pay,
pay off,
pay back;
pay in one's own coin,
pay in the same coin;
cap;
reciprocate
etc.
148;
turn the tables upon,
return the compliment;
give a quid pro quo
etc.
n.,
give as much as one takes,
give as good as one gets;
give and take,
exchange fisticuffs;
be quits,
be even with;
pay off old scores.
serve one right,
be hoist on one's own petard,
throw a stone in one's own garden,
catch a Tartar.
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Roget 30:
make compensation;
compensate,
compense†;
indemnify;
counteract,
countervail,
counterpoise;
balance;
outbalance†,
overbalance,
counterbalance;
set off;
hedge,
square,
give and take;
make up for,
lee way;
cover,
fill up,
neutralize,
nullify;
equalize
etc.
27;
make good;
redeem
etc.
(atone)
952.
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Roget 148:
interchange,
exchange,
counterchange†;
bandy,
transpose,
shuffle,
change bands,
swap,
permute,
reciprocate,
commute;
give and take,
return the compliment;
play at puss in the corner,
play at battledore and shuttlecock;
retaliate
etc.
718;
requite.
rearrange,
recombine.
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Dutch: laveren, navigeren, schipperen, transigeren
noun
Roget 718:
retaliation,
reprisal,
retort,
payback;
counter-stroke,
counter-blast,
counterplot,
counter-project;
retribution,
lex talionis [Lat.];
reciprocation
etc.
(reciprocity)
12.
tit for tat,
give and take,
blow for blow,
quid pro quo,
a Roland for an Oliver,
measure for measure,
diamond cut diamond,
the biter bit,
a game at which two can play;
reproof valiant,
retort courteous.
recrimination
etc.
(accusation)
938;
revenge
etc.
919;
compensation
etc.
30;
reaction
etc.
(recoil)
277.
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Roget 922:
right;
what ought to be,
what should be;
fitness
etc.
adj.;
summum jus [Lat.].
justice,
equity;
equitableness
etc.
adj.;
propriety;
fair play,
impartiality,
measure for measure,
give and take,
lex talionis [Lat.].
Astraea†,
Nemesis,
Themis.
scales of justice,
evenhanded justice,
karma;
suum cuique [Lat.];
clear stage,
fair field and no favor,
level playing field.
morals
etc.
(duty)
926;
law
etc.
963;
honor
etc.
(probity)
939;
virtue
etc.
944.
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