shelf life

See also: shelflife

English

shelf life (plural shelf lives)

The length of time a product (especially food and drugs) will last without deteriorating or without being sold.
The maximum time a packaged material can be stored under specific conditions and still meet the performance requirements specified.
Synonym: storage life

the length of time a product will last without deteriorating

Chinese:
Mandarin: 有效期 (zh) (yǒuxiàoqī), 保質期／保质期 (zh) (bǎozhìqī), 貨架期／货架期 (huòjiàqī)
Dutch: houdbaarheid (nl)
Finnish: säilyvyysaika
French: durée de vie (fr) f
German: Lagerfähigkeit f, Lagerbeständigkeit f, Haltbarkeit (de) f
Hungarian: felhasználhatósági/eltarthatósági/szavatossági/fogyaszthatósági idő/időtartam
Indonesian: umur simpan
Italian: durata (it) f, conservazione (it) f
Japanese: 賞味期限 (しょうみきげん, shoumikigen)
Malayalam: കാലാവധി (ml) (kālāvadhi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: holdbarhet m or f, holdbarhetstid m or f
Portuguese: validade (pt), duração (pt)
Spanish: vigencia (es) f, duración (es) f
Swedish: hållbarhet (sv) c
Turkish: raf ömrü (tr)
Vietnamese: hạn sử dụng (vi)