like-for-like

Definitions

1. 1

   Replacing one thing with another of the same type.

   • The soccer coach made a like-for-like substitution, replacing the injured defender with another defensive player.
   • This is more likely to be the case if the replacement machinery is not a like-for-like replacement and involves an element of involuntary betterment with the result that, operatives require additional training […]
2. 2

   comparable to the same period in a previous year, at outlets that existed at that period

The neighborhood

• synonymapples to apples
• synonymcomparable
• neighborinterchangeable
• neighborfungible
• neighborpound-for-pound