"like-for-like" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: en-us-like-for-like.ogg [Mid-Atlantic]
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  1. Replacing one thing with another of the same type. Tags: comparable
    Sense id: en-like-for-like-en-adj-e3o4W~Pc
  2. (of sales) comparable to the same period in a previous year, at outlets that existed at that period Tags: comparable
    Sense id: en-like-for-like-en-adj-rstw7j2Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 43 57 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: apples to apples [comparable], comparable [comparable] Derived forms: like-for-like sales Related terms: interchangeable, fungible, pound-for-pound

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