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Content: It may be the opportunity to take the money he or she would have spent and put it in a CD at the bank making five percent interest. It may be the opportunity of going on a vacation with his or her family. These are both trade-offs the owner may consider before he or she buys that new piece of equipment. As a grocery store shopper, you make a trade-off every time you put an item in your cart. Wow, those are a lot of trade-offs! For example, when you buy the name brand cereal, you are making a trade-off against purchasing the generic brand and using the additional savings to buy another item you may not have been able to afford otherwise. Only you can reason whether sacrificing a name brand item to buy an additional snack is worth it to you. Lesson Summary
In economics, the term trade-off is often expressed as opportunity cost. A trade-off involves a sacrifice that must be made to obtain a desired product or experience. Understanding the trade-off for every decision you make helps ensure that you are using your resources (whether it's time, money or energy) wisely.