wear+and+tear

  • 11wear and tear — damage from work or use. The house showed lots of wear and tear from the large family who lived in it. Your body suffers a lot of wear and tear from playing football …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 12wear and tear — Natural wear and tear means deterioration or depreciation in value by ordinary and reasonable use of the subject matter. See depreciation …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 13wear and tear — {n. phr.} Deterioration through use. * /After 75,000 miles there is usually a lot of wear and tear on any car./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 14wear and tear — {n. phr.} Deterioration through use. * /After 75,000 miles there is usually a lot of wear and tear on any car./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 15wear and tear — /tair/ damage or deterioration resulting from ordinary use; normal depreciation. Also, wear and tear. [1660 70] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 16wear\ and\ tear — n. phr. Deterioration through use. After 75,000 miles there is usually a lot of wear and tear on any car …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 17wear and tear — damage as a result of ordinary use They put a lot of wear and tear on their car during their long holiday …

    Idioms and examples

  • 18wear and tear — A reduction in the value of a *fixed asset owing to its normal use. Wear and tear is a major contributory factor in *amortization …

    Auditor's dictionary

  • 19Wear And Tear Exclusion — A provision of an insurance contract that states that the normal, expected deterioration of the insured object will not be covered by the policy. Wear and tear is excluded from insurance policy coverage because it is inevitable. Insurance is… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 20wear and tear — Synonyms and related words: ablation, atomization, attrition, breakup, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decay, decomposition, decrement, degradation, deliquescence, depletion, dilapidation, disintegration, disjunction, disorganization,… …

    Moby Thesaurus