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Breakage

//ˈbɹeɪkɪd͡ʒ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of breaking. countable, uncountable

    "A loader performs the important work of storing goods in the wagons and of unloading the wagons. In each case considerable skill is required to avoid breakage, and, in the case of loading, skill goes far to conserve wagon space."

  2. 2
    the act of breaking something wordnet
  3. 3
    Something that has been broken. countable, uncountable

    "At the end of the party, there were two reported breakages."

  4. 4
    reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use wordnet
  5. 5
    A service which is unused by a customer, such as an unredeemed gift card, which therefore represents a pure profit to the seller. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the quantity broken wordnet
  2. 7
    The left-over money in a pari-mutuel betting pool resulting from rounding off the payoffs, added to the pool for the next race or event or kept as profit. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From break + -age.

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