wear and tear

NOUN
  1. decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use
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  • These calories are used to: replenish your glycogen (the way you store fuel in your muscles and liver) and oxygen stores. resynthesize phosphagen (ATP-PC). remove lactate. repair the wear and tear on your muscles caused by exercise (and these patch kits are made up of protein, which is costly in terms of calories). return your increased ventilation, blood circulation and body temperature to pre-exercise levels. hormones exercise induces (which also require protein). Chicagotribune.com -
  • It also saved her family the daily washing machine wear and tear, increased water use and the chore of washing and drying nappies regularly.
  • Then he handed out our textbooks; I now had a math book and a history book, and the history book sustained the more wear and tear of the two.
  • Seat covers on trains take a lot of wear and tear.
  • Later he uses the term ‘bionomics’ to capture the idea of the wear and tear and friction within a military system.
  • It severely limits mobility, and it causes wear and tear on the spine, leading to nerve impingement in the weakened areas and in the sciatica. Elizabeth Taylor's health problems began early
  • Steam turbine, generator rotor journal wear and tear, strain of the electro - brush plating, thermal spray repair.
  • Finally, drive the car over them until they attain the distressed patina of wear and tear that is essential to your shooting-party credentials.
  • An accounting convention designed to emulate the cost or expense associated with reduction in value of an asset due to wear and tear, deterioration, or obsolescence over a period of time.
  • So the wear and tear on the path to Nottingham looks set to continue ... What will all these Slavists do?
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