spare part en · NOUN
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A component of any manufactured goods, kept in reserve to replace one that fails; a spare.
It is extremely difficult to obtain spare parts from abroad, and these are manufactured in the shops [workshops].
1945 November and December, H. R. Fox, “The Jamaica Railway, 1845-1945”, in Railway Magazine, page 317:As for the rest, Steward says: " I suspect probably only 40 to 50 may have a future on the rails, and the others will be componentised. As with all industries, recycling is a very big thing. There's a lot of value in the spare parts."
2025 October 29, James Steward tells Joe Campbell, “Thriving on the stock exchange”, in RAIL, page 47:
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it pezzo di ricambio (component kept in reserve) · nl reserveonderdeel (component kept in reserve) · nb reservedel (component kept in reserve) · sh rezervni dio (component kept in reserve) · ru запасна́я часть (component kept in reserve) · cmn 備用零件 /备用零件 (component kept in reserve) · ms alat ganti (component kept in reserve) · ru запасна́я дета́ль (component kept in reserve) · nn reservedel (component kept in reserve) · ja スペアパーツ (component kept in reserve) · it ricambio (component kept in reserve) · uk запчасти́на (component kept in reserve) · bg резервна част (component kept in reserve) · fr pièce de rechange (component kept in reserve) · es refacción (component kept in reserve) · pt sobressalente (component kept in reserve) · sh rezervni deo (component kept in reserve) · nl reservedeel (component kept in reserve) · es retén (component kept in reserve) · ar قِطْعَة غَيَار (component kept in reserve) · tl bahaging timbos (component kept in reserve) · nl wisselstuk (component kept in reserve) · th อะไหล่ (component kept in reserve) · cs náhradní díl (component kept in reserve) · fr pièce détachée (component kept in reserve) · id suku cadang (component kept in reserve) · pl część zamienna (component kept in reserve) · ug لىڭجەن (component kept in reserve) · es recambio (component kept in reserve) · es pieza de recambio (component kept in reserve) · sv reservdel (component kept in reserve) · fi varaosa (component kept in reserve) · ko 예비 부품 (component kept in reserve) · uk запасна́ части́на (component kept in reserve) · es repuesto (component kept in reserve) · hu pótalkatrész (component kept in reserve) · ru запчасть (component kept in reserve) · sh резервни део (component kept in reserve) · es pieza de repuesto (component kept in reserve) · ro piesă de schimb (component kept in reserve) · da reservedel (component kept in reserve) · cmn 零件 (component kept in reserve) · de Ersatzteil (component kept in reserve) · et varuosa (component kept in reserve) · lb Ersatzstéck (component kept in reserve) · pl część zapasowa (component kept in reserve) · sw spea (component kept in reserve) · ja 予備パーツ (component kept in reserve) · el ανταλλακτικό (component kept in reserve) · id onderdil (component kept in reserve)