wear and tear
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈwɛəɹ ən ˈtɛəɹ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun edit
- Damage or depreciation resulting from ordinary use (normally as something excluded from a guarantee or warranty of quality, or as justifying a write-down in a set of accounts).
- The washing machine flooded the basement due to wear and tear, so Margaret was not eligible for insurance.
- 1962 July, “Beyond the Channel: Switzerland: Increasing Swiss Federal route capacities”, in Modern Railways, page 58:
- The main obstacles to increasing traffic, in fact, are the heavy gradients and sharp curves on the approaches to the Gotthard Tunnel. Wear-and-tear of the track necessitates frequent attention by the civil engineers and possessions are hard to obtain without reducing the throughput of trains.
Translations edit
damage from ordinary use
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