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1 expendable
[ɪk'spendəbl]1) mil. [troops, equipment] sacrificabile2) (disposable)to be expendable — [ worker] non essere indispensabile
* * *expendable /ɪkˈspɛndəbl/a.3 ( di persona) non indispensabile; eliminabile: We are all expendable, nessuno di noi è indispensabile● (fin.) expendable fund, fondo disponibile.* * *[ɪk'spendəbl]1) mil. [troops, equipment] sacrificabile2) (disposable)to be expendable — [ worker] non essere indispensabile
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2 expendable ex·pend·able adj
[ɪks'pɛndəbl]
См. также в других словарях:
expendable — ex‧pend‧a‧ble [ɪkˈspendəbl] adjective ACCOUNTING expendable supplies or items are ones of little value. Companies do not have to keep records of who has expendable items, and what they are being used for * * * expendable UK US /ɪkˈspendəbl/… … Financial and business terms
expendable — [ek spen′də bəl, ikspen′də bəl] adj. 1. that can be expended 2. Mil. designating or of equipment or personnel considered worth sacrificing to achieve an objective 3. designating or of a person or thing regarded as worth sacrificing under… … English World dictionary
expendable launch vehicle — noun (space flight) A launch system that is made up of expendable stages and has no recoverable parts (abbrev ELV) • • • Main Entry: ↑expend … Useful english dictionary
Expendable (short story) — Expendable is a science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick. It was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction , July 1953. The plot centers on an unnamed human being caught in the middle of the ongoing, million year… … Wikipedia
Expendable pattern — Expendable pattern. См. Одноразовая модель. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) … Словарь металлургических терминов
expendable — I adjective accessory, added, additional, auxiliary, dispensable, disposable, duplicate, excess, excessive, expletive, extra, extraneous, functionless, futile, gratuitous, impotent, inapplicable, inconsequential, ineffectual, inessential,… … Law dictionary
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expendable — 1805, from EXPEND (Cf. expend) + ABLE (Cf. able) … Etymology dictionary
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expendable — ► ADJECTIVE 1) suitable to be used once only; not worth preserving. 2) able to be sacrificed because of little significance when compared to an overall purpose. DERIVATIVES expendability noun expendably adverb … English terms dictionary
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