breakage
Americannoun
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breakages
plural
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the amount or quantity of things broken.
There was a great deal of breakage in that shipment of glassware.
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an allowance or compensation for the loss or damage of articles broken in transit or in use.
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the money accrued by a racetrack from calculating the payoff to winning pari-mutuel bettors only in multiples of dimes for each dollar bet.
noun
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the act or result of breaking
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the quantity or amount broken
the total breakage was enormous
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compensation or allowance for goods damaged while in use, transit, etc
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The increase was driven by new restaurant openings and higher gift card breakage revenue, Chipotle said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
He also asserted "that he had no intention of fleeing and that there was no breakage of the bracelet's strap."
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
Historically, cables in Taiwan, Vietnam and Egypt have all been vulnerable to breakage and sabotage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025
It was just like a bro-code breakage, and I said, "That's it. I'm done with the guy."
From Salon ● May 18, 2024
The airshaft was topped by a miniature, slant-roofed skylight whose heavy, opaque, wrinkled glass was protected from breakage by heavy iron netting.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
They also serve as what is called "protective style", which means minimising the daily pulling and tugging on hair that can cause breakages.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2025
In the past, Twitter prevented breakages from escalating by having people around to diagnose and solve problems immediately.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
Cohen said he was conscious of the “gaps and breakages everywhere” — between his generation’s views of Israel and its parents’, and between American and Israeli Jews.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2022
Cohen said he was conscious of the “gaps and breakages everywhere” - between his generation’s views of Israel and its parents’, and between American and Israeli Jews.
From Washington Times ● May 10, 2022
There were several breakages because I was brandishing the sword so clumsily.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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