spare part

(General Engineering) a duplicate or replacement component for a machine or other equipment

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Noun

spare part - an extra component of a machine or other apparatus

spare

constituent, element, component - an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system"

Translations

قِطَع غَيارقِطْعُ غَيَار

náhradní díl

reservedel

Ersatzteil

ανταλλακτικό

pieza de recambiorepuesto

varaosa

pièce de rechange pièce détachée

rezervni dio

varahlutur

pezzo di ricambio

スペアパーツ

예비 부품

reserveonderdeelwisselstuk

reservdel

อะไหล่

yedek parça

phụ tùng dự phòng

备件

spare part

n → pezzo di ricambio

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spare

(speə) verb

1. to manage without. No-one can be spared from this office.

2. to afford or set aside for a purpose. I can't spare the time for a holiday.

3. to treat with mercy; to avoid injuring etc. `Spare us!' they begged.

4. to avoid causing grief, trouble etc to (a person). Break the news gently in order to spare her as much as possible.

5. to avoid using, spending etc. He spared no expense in his desire to help us.

6. to avoid troubling (a person with something); to save (a person trouble etc). I answered the letter myself in order to spare you the bother.

adjective

1. extra; not actually being used. We haven't a spare (bed) room for guests in our house.

2. (of time etc) free for leisure etc. What do you do in your spare time?

noun

1. a spare part (for a car etc). They sell spares at that garage.

2. an extra wheel etc, kept for emergencies.

ˈsparing adjective

careful or economical.

ˈsparingly adverb

spare part

a part for a machine etc, used to replace an identical part if it breaks etc.

spare rib

a rib of pork with only a small amount of meat left on it.

(and) to spare

in greater supply or quantity than is needed; extra. I'll go to an exhibition if I have time to spare; I have enough food and to spare.

spare part

→ قِطْعُ غَيَار náhradní díl reservedel Ersatzteil ανταλλακτικό repuesto varaosa pièce détachée rezervni dio pezzo di ricambio スペアパーツ 예비 부품 reserveonderdeel reservedel część zamienna peça sobressalente запчасть reservdel อะไหล่ yedek parça phụ tùng dự phòng 备件

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In Honeywell, Inc., 6/22/94, aff'g per curiam TC Memo 1992-453, the Eighth Circuit held that certain spare parts were considered assets subject to an allowance for depreciation rather than merchandise held for resale (inventory).

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