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useful life [7 records]

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Record 1 2017-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Accounting
DEF

The period of time over which an individual or organization intends to use a capital asset or the number of production or other units expected to be obtained from the use of the asset.

OBS

Compare with "economic life" and "physical life".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité
DEF

Période estimative au cours de laquelle un bien est censé servir à l'entité ou nombre estimatif d'unités d'œuvre que l'entité pourra tirer d'une immobilisation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contabilidad
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Record 2 2016-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
DEF

The period from a stated time, during which under stated conditions an item has an acceptable failure rate, or until a failure occurs and corrective maintenance actions are not taken for any reason.

OBS

useful life: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Accounting
  • Economic Planning
DEF

The period of time over which a fixed asset can efficiently be kept in use.

OBS

Distinguished from "physical life", a period often longer, during which a fixed asset can continue to function notwithstanding its acquired obsolescence, inefficient operation, high cost of maintenance, or obsolete product.

OBS

economic life: term reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité
  • Planification économique
DEF

Période pendant laquelle on estime qu'il demeurera rentable pour l'entité d'utiliser une immobilisation donnée moyennant des réparations normales et un entretien normal.

Key term(s)
  • durée de vie utile
  • durée de vie économique
  • durée de rentabilité
  • période de rentabilité

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contabilidad
  • Planificación económica
DEF

El período durante el cual un activo fijo tiene capacidad para rendir servicios a su propietario. Se distingue de la «vida física», período a menudo más prolongado, durante el cual un activo fijo puede seguir funcionando, pese a la obsolencia adquirida, operación ineficiente, elevado costo de mantenimiento o producto obsoleto.

OBS

vida económica; vida útil: términos extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 4 2008-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiological Physics (Theory and Application)
  • Atomic Physics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique radiologique et applications
  • Physique atomique

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Installation of Electrical Equipment
  • Maintenance of Electrical Equipment
DEF

The period of time over which an asset may be expected to perform its intended function if operated under normal conditions in compliance with design specifications.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installation des équipements électriques
  • Entretien des équipements électriques
DEF

Période pendant laquelle une entité est jugée apte à accomplir la fonction qui lui a été assignée dans des conditions d'emploi normales et conformes aux spécifications.

Spanish

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Record 6 1993-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tolerances and Modular Co-ordination (Construction)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
DEF

Life period until which the failure rate of a repairable item increases rapidly whereby the item exceeds the economic level of repair cost.

OBS

term standardized by ISO.

OBS

Earth-moving machinery - machine availability.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Calcul, tolérances et modulation (Construction)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
DEF

Période de la durée de vie allant jusqu'à ce que le taux de défaillance d'un élément réparable augmente rapidement, de telle façon que l'élément dépasse le seuil de rentabilité en termes de coût de réparation.

OBS

terme normalisé par l'ISO.

OBS

Engins de terrassement - disponibilité d'un engin.

Spanish

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Record 7 1990-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Real Estate
  • Estimating (Construction)
DEF

The period of time over which the structure may reasonably be expected to perform the function for which it was designed or intended.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immobilier
  • Évaluation et estimation (Construction)

Spanish

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