shelf life

English

Alternative forms

• shelflife

Noun

shelf life (plural shelf lives)

1. The length of time a product (especially food and drugs) will last without deteriorating or without being sold.
2. The maximum time a packaged material can be stored under specific conditions and still meet the performance requirements specified.

Translations

the length of time a product will last without deteriorating

• Finnish: säilyvyysaika
• French: durée de vie (fr)
• German: Lagerfähigkeit (de) f, Lagerbeständigkeit (de) f, Haltbarkeit (de) f

• Italian: durata (it) f, conservazione (it) f
• Portuguese: validade (pt), duração (pt)
• Spanish: vigencia (es) f, duración (es) f

See also

• sell-by date