Synonyms for wear and tear
tɛərwear and tear

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1. depreciation, wear and tearnoun

   decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use

   Synonyms:
   depreciation, disparagement, derogation

Matched Categories

1. • Financial Loss
   • Non-cash Expense

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1. Jeremy Taiwo:

   I need to be able to afford to pay for poles, training shoes that don’t survive the wear and tear, coaching, strength training and transport to and from meets for competition.

2. Robin Smith:

   Failing to take care of ourselves actually compromises and hinders our effective caretaking of others, our nervous systems encounter more wear and tear. We get stressed out more easily.

3. Kenny McIntosh:

   I think it’s a blessing to have a lot of running-backs, it’s a lot of talent on the field on one team. It takes a lot of wear and tear off of each of our bodies, so all of us are getting opportunities to go out there and perform, and we love it.

4. Neda Gould:

   Anger is a form of stress, and so when we hold on to anger it is as though we are turning on the body's stress response, or fight or flight response, chronically. We know that turning on this response chronically leads to wear and tear on the body, it may not be surprising that when we engage in the act of forgiveness, we can begin to turn off the stress response and the physiological changes that accompany it.

5. Steven Rosenthal:

   Depreciation for buildings that are not suffering wear and tear, that is a generous tax benefit, every developer gets that, but taking deductions on other people's money, that goes beyond what other real estate developers would do.