"wear and tear" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwɛəɹ ən ˈtɛəɹ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wear and tear.wav
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} wear and tear (uncountable)
  1. 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). Tags: uncountable Translations (damage from ordinary use): τριβή (tribḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), 磨損 (Chinese Mandarin), 磨损 (mósǔn) (Chinese Mandarin), slitage [common-gender] (Danish), kuluminen (Finnish), usure f normale (French), Abnutzung [feminine] (German), Verschleiß [masculine] (German), elhasználódás (Hungarian), kopás (Hungarian), elkopás (Hungarian), amortizáció (Hungarian), slit [neuter] (Icelandic), usura [feminine] (Italian), consumo [masculine] (Italian), logoramento [masculine] (Italian), intertrīmentum [neuter] (Latin), laika zobs [masculine] (Latvian), slitasje [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), slitasje [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), usança [feminine] (Occitan), usura [feminine] (Occitan), usadura (Occitan), abenatge (Occitan), استهلاک (estehlâk) (Persian), desgaste (Portuguese), desgaste [masculine] (Spanish), uchakavu (Swahili), అరుగుదల (arugudala) (Telugu)
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