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sell-by date

(sĕl′bī′)

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

sell-by date

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

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sell-by date

expiration date

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sell-by date - a date stamped on perishable produce indicating the date by which it should be sold

Britain, 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 Kingdom

date - a particular day specified as the time something happens; "the date of the election is set by law"

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sell-by date

[ˈselbaɪˌdeɪt] N → fecha f de caducidad

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sell-by date

n → ˜ Haltbarkeitsdatum nt; to be past one’s sell-by date (hum inf) → seine besten Tage hinter sich (dat) → haben

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sell-by date

[ˈsɛlbaɪˌdeɪt] n → data di scadenza

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sell-by date

→ تَارِيخٌ اِنْتِهَاءُ الصلاحية datum minimální trvanlivosti sidste salgsdag Haltbarkeitsdatum ανώτερη ημερομηνία πώλησης fecha límite de venta viimeinen myyntipäivä date limite de vente rok trajanja scadenza 販売期限 유통만기일 uiterste verkoopdatum siste salgsdato termin ważności data de validade срок реализации sista försäljningsdag วันหมดอายุ son satış tarihi ngày hàng hết hạn bán 销售日期

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United States-based retailer Costco apologized Thursday for selling frozen spicy hotpot more than one year past its sell-by date due to a packaging error.

Costco Taiwan apologizes for selling spicy hotpot one year past expiration date

However, Paul Lomas clearly isn't fan of eating produce past its sell-by date, He simply wrote: "#botulismbingo."

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A RETIRED GP and assisted suicide campaigner is planning his own death because he feels he is past his "sell-by date".

Doc: I'm planning my death even though I'm well; Campaigner's assisted suicide bid

Dalton Phillips, of Morrisons, said: "The yoghurts I eat are often way past the sell-by date.

SMELL-BY DATE; Store chiefs use sniff test to check if food is off

EGGS How long they really last: Three weeks past the sell-by date in the fridge; one year in the freezer (out of shell).

Is Eating Expired Food Safe?

Now the Co-op has promised an inquiry into the mix-up, after the family discovered other bottles past their sell-by date on the shelves.

PAST ITS SELL-BY LATE; Supermarket's apology after girl ill drinking month old milk

But when you reach your sell-by date, you reach your sell-by date." That's Big Brother, best before July 11, 2003, when the show lost its purpose and evicted housemate Jon Tickle was allowed back in.

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"The stock was well past its sell-by date," a spokesman for the PACP said.

Oman confiscates expired stock of frozen fish

When police questioned the two, they discovered that their cold storage truck contained about three tons of meat, and officials from the Consumer Protection Office later found that the sell-by date on the meat had expired.

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Sometimes, I can't help but think that Jamie Oliver is trying 'Teachers who are past their sell-by date struggle to control a class' to suck all the fun out of life.