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sell-by date
sell-by date (sĕl′bī′)n. See expiration date.sell-by date n 1. (Commerce) a date printed on the packaging of perishable goods, indicating the date after which the goods should not be offered for sale 2. past one's sell-by date informal beyond one's prime sell-by dateexpiration dateThesaurusNoun | 1. | sell-by date - a date stamped on perishable produce indicating the date by which it should be soldBritain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdomdate - a particular day specified as the time something happens; "the date of the election is set by law" | Translationssell-by date
sell-by date1. The date by which a perishable item must be sold by a store. Did you check the sell-by date on that carton of milk?2. slang By extension, the figurative date by which one's usefulness or skill ends, usually due to aging. Primarily heard in UK. I'm sure they think I'm past my sell-by date after I mixed up all those important files. We need to find a new lead dancer, as Bella is past her sell-by date now and only getting older.See also: datesell-by date
sell-by date a date printed on the packaging of perishable goods, indicating the date after which the goods should not be offered for sale sell-by date
sell-by date Public health The date labelled on most foods in developed countries, especially dairy products, which is usually about 2 weeks from the day the milk was pasteurised, and about 1 week before it expires. An estimated 8 million tonnes of food are needlessly thrown away a year in the UK because of too-strict an adherence to sell-by dates, prompting government food bodies to switch to the phrase “best before” as a way of encouraging people to eat food that might otherwise be prematurely thrown away. Vox populi-UK A popular term applied a tedious person, stale witticism, or other thing which has past his, her or its prime, as in ‘that joke is way past its sell-by date”.FinancialSeeExpiration datesell-by date Related to sell-by date: shelf lifeWords related to sell-by datenoun a date stamped on perishable produce indicating the date by which it should be soldRelated Words- Britain
- Great Britain
- U.K.
- UK
- United Kingdom
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- date
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