Able to resist wear or decay; lasting; enduring.
Near-synonyms: persistent, long-lasting, lasting, hard-wearing; see also Thesaurus:lasting
A durable thing, one useful over more than one period, especially a year.
In a frictionless world with perfect rental markets, there is an unambiguous cost associated with the use of a durable for a single period.
From Middle English durable, from Old French durable, from Latin dūrābilis (“lasting, permanent”), from dūrō (“harden, make hard”).
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