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comparable — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • comparable adjective Similar enough to something else that a meaningful comparison can be made.
  • like-for-like adjective Comparing two things on exactly the same basis, so that the comparison is fair.

Senses

comparable is used for these senses in English:

  • comparable (often with to) Able to be compared (to).

like-for-like — full definition

  1. adjective Comparing two things on exactly the same basis, so that the comparison is fair.
  2. adjective In retail and business reporting, describing figures that exclude new or closed outlets so that only the performance of the same stores in both periods is counted.
  3. adjective Replacing something with an item of the same type and standard.

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