"use-by date" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: use-by dates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} use-by date (plural use-by dates)
  1. The date by which it is advised that a perishable product be consumed. Coordinate_terms: best before date, best-by date, expiration date, expiry date, issue date, sell-by date Translations (The date by which it is advised that a perishable product be consumed): son istifadə tarixi (Azerbaijani), iraungitze-data (Basque), 保質期 (Chinese Mandarin), 保质期 (bǎozhìqī) (Chinese Mandarin), bedst før-dato [common-gender] (Danish), parasta ennen -päiväys (Finnish), viimeinen käyttöpäivä (Finnish), date de péremption [feminine] (French), Verfallsdatum [neuter] (German), Verbrauchsdatum [neuter] (German), data di scadenza [feminine] (Italian), utløpsdato [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fecha de caducidad [feminine] (Spanish), bäst före-datum [neuter] (Swedish), son kullanma tarihi (Turkish), tercih edilen tüketim tarihi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-use-by_date-en-noun-kneluoTq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "The date by which it is advised that a perishable product be consumed",
          "word": "son istifadə tarixi"
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          "sense": "The date by which it is advised that a perishable product be consumed",
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          "word": "data di scadenza"
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          "sense": "The date by which it is advised that a perishable product be consumed",
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          "word": "son kullanma tarihi"
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          "sense": "The date by which it is advised that a perishable product be consumed",
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      "sense": "The date by which it is advised that a perishable product be consumed",
      "word": "son istifadə tarixi"
    },
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      "sense": "The date by which it is advised that a perishable product be consumed",
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      "sense": "The date by which it is advised that a perishable product be consumed",
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    },
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      "word": "parasta ennen -päiväys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "The date by which it is advised that a perishable product be consumed",
      "word": "viimeinen käyttöpäivä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "The date by which it is advised that a perishable product be consumed",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "date de péremption"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The date by which it is advised that a perishable product be consumed",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Verfallsdatum"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "The date by which it is advised that a perishable product be consumed",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Verbrauchsdatum"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "The date by which it is advised that a perishable product be consumed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "data di scadenza"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "The date by which it is advised that a perishable product be consumed",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "The date by which it is advised that a perishable product be consumed",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fecha de caducidad"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "The date by which it is advised that a perishable product be consumed",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bäst före-datum"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "The date by which it is advised that a perishable product be consumed",
      "word": "son kullanma tarihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "The date by which it is advised that a perishable product be consumed",
      "word": "tercih edilen tüketim tarihi"
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