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comparative more durable, superlative most durable
Able to resist wear or decay; lasting; enduring. examples
plural durables
(economics) A durable thing, one useful over more than one period, especially a year. quotations examples
In a frictionless world with perfect rental markets, there is an unambiguous cost associated with the use of a durable for a single period.
1989, Robert A. Pollak, The theory of the cost-of-living index, page 188