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like-for-like

like-for-like adjective: replacing one thing with another of the same type.

Adjective

like-for-like

  1. (comparable) Replacing one thing with another of the same type.
    • The soccer coach made a like-for-like substitution, replacing the injured defender with another defensive player.
    • This is more likely to be the case if the replacement machinery is not a like-for-like replacement and involves an element of involuntary betterment with the result that, operatives require additional training […]2011, Denis Riley, Harry Roberts, Riley on Business Interruption Insurance, page 151
  2. (comparable) comparable to the same period in a previous year, at outlets that existed at that period

Synonyms of like-for-like

Words formed from like-for-like

  • like-for-like sales

Questions about like-for-like

What does like-for-like mean?
Like-for-like means replacing one thing with another of the same type.
What part of speech is like-for-like?
Like-for-like is an adjective.

Words near like-for-like in the dictionary

  1. like whiteheads
  2. like winkin
  3. like winking
  4. like you can talk
  5. like-cultured
  6. like-for-like
  7. like-gendered
  8. like-minded
  9. like-mindedness
  10. like-positioned
  11. like4like

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