compromise to reach an agreement with someone in which both of you accept less than you really want:
The employers will have to be ready to compromise if they want to avoid a strike. The President might be willing to compromise on defense spending.meet somebody halfway to do part of what someone wants if they do part of what you want, in order to reach an agreement:
Is the President ready to meet these senators halfway? The asking price is £270,000. If the sellers won’t accept £250,000, maybe they would be prepared to meet us halfway and take £260,000?make concessions if one group in a disagreement makes concessions, they let their opponents have something that they are asking for, in order to reach an agreement:
The company has already made significant concessions on pay and conditions. There is a policy of making no concessions to terrorists. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲