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breakage

[ brey-kij ]

noun

  1. the act of breaking; break; state of being broken. break.
  2. the amount or quantity of things broken: break:

    There was a great deal of breakage in that shipment of glassware.

  3. an allowance or compensation for the loss or damage of articles broken break in transit or in use.
  4. the money accrued by a racetrack from calculating the payoff to winning pari-mutuel bettors only in multiples of dimes for each dollar bet.

breakage

/ ˈɪɪ /

noun

  1. the act or result of breaking
  2. the quantity or amount broken

    the total breakage was enormous

  3. compensation or allowance for goods damaged while in use, transit, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • ·𲹰a noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of breakage1

First recorded in 1805–15; break + -age

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breakablebreak a leg

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