Meaning of give-and-take | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The settling of differences through compromise and mutual concessions.
   uncountable
2. A lively exchange of conversation.
   uncountable

Examples

“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 one can best get a view of language vitality.”

CEFR level