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Definition of Nondurable
1. Adjective. (economics) Providing useful services for only one period, especially a year. ¹
2. Noun. (economics) A nondurable good. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nondurable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nondurable
Literary usage of Nondurable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Municipal Progress by Charles Zueblin, Helen Bernice Sweeny (1916)
"Boston is the only city that reports virtually no«streets unpaved, but 73 per
cent of Boston's 500 miles of streets have a nondurable pavement. ..."
2. U. S. Industrial Outlook, 1994: Business Forecasts for 350 IndustriesBusiness & Econom (1994)
"Retail stores selling primarily nondurable goods, for which Census Bureau data
are available, include general merchandise stores, department stores, ..."
3. Transactions by American Foundrymen's Society (1920)
"434— nondurable TOOLS. Cost of repairing and renewing all tools and ... All current
expenditures for nondurable tools should be distributed to this account ..."
4. General Statistics of Cities: 1909: Including Statistics of Sewers and by United States Bureau of the Census, Le Grand Powers (1913)
"Streets with nondurable pavements.—The average width of streets with nondurable
pavement—that is, those with an oil or water-bound surface, ..."
5. Hispanics and the Future of America by Marta Tienda, Faith Mitchell (2006)
"In the Traditional Metros, as Hispanic employment in nondurable manufacturing fell,
... That representation of native-born Hispanic workers in nondurable ..."