shelf life

See also: shelflife

English

Alternative forms

shelflife

Noun

shelf life (plural shelf lives)

The length of time a product (especially food and drugs) will last without deteriorating or without being sold.
The maximum time a packaged material can be stored under specific conditions and still meet the performance requirements specified.
Synonym: storage life

Translations

the length of time a product will last without deteriorating

Dutch: houdbaarheid (nl)
Finnish: säilyvyysaika
French: durée de vie (fr)
German: Lagerfähigkeit f, Lagerbeständigkeit f, Haltbarkeit (de) f
Indonesian: umur simpan
Italian: durata (it) f, conservazione (it) f

Norwegian:
Bokmål: holdbarhet m or f, holdbarhetstid m or f
Portuguese: validade (pt), duração (pt)
Spanish: vigencia (es) f, duración (es) f
Swedish: hållbarhet (sv) c

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