0 like-for-like figures compare sales, financial results, etc. in one period with those for the previous period, taking into account exactly the same number of stores, businesses, activities, etc. with no new ones added:
1 used for describing something of the same value, quality, etc. that replaces a lost, stolen, or damaged possession:
It is my constituents' experience that warm front grants for central heating boilers are only available to replace on a like-for-like basis.
In a like-for-like situation, it reduces the cost to a certain audience of seeing a certain programme.
There are some very difficult issues to be resolved on how we compare schools on a like-for-like basis.
In each year, grants have been compared with previous years' grants on a like-for-like basis, taking into account adjustments for changes in function and funding.
On a like-for-like basis, local authorities will receive £1.3 billion more next year in special and specific grants.
The policy is normally to replace cars on a like-for-like basis.
A like-for-like examination of the figures should have involved the unemployment rates in the two areas.
The percentage change figures have been calculated on the basis of these like-for-like comparisons.
