give-and-take

Questions about give-and-take

What does give-and-take mean?

give-and-take means "an exchange of views on some topic". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in give-and-take?

give-and-take has 4 syllables and divides as gi-ve--and--take under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for give-and-take?

Close synonyms include discussion, word, banter, raillery, backchat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is give-and-take a common word?

give-and-take is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.