wearledger
/ˈwɛəˌlɛdʒə/nounVerified NewThe private accounting by which an expensive purchase is divided by its anticipated uses until the price per use looks defensible.
A coat is amortized in the mind across imagined winters until it costs less than a bus fare per wear. The ledger is optimistic by design, since the uses are counted before they happen.
Etym. — wear + ledger — cost-per-wear bookkeeping elevated to a personal institution.
Novelty check: NEW · checked 2026-11-08
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