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breakage
[ brey-kij ]
/ ˈbreɪ kɪdʒ /
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noun
the amount or quantity of things broken: There was a great deal of breakage in that shipment of glassware.
an allowance or compensation for the loss or damage of articles broken in transit or in use.
the money accrued by a racetrack from calculating the payoff to winning pari-mutuel bettors only in multiples of dimes for each dollar bet.
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OTHER WORDS FROM breakage
re·break·age, nounWords nearby breakage
breadth, breadthways, breadwinner, break, breakable, breakage, break a leg, break and entry, breakaway, breakbeat, breakbone fever
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British Dictionary definitions for breakage
breakage
/ (ˈbreɪkɪdʒ) /
noun
the act or result of breaking
the quantity or amount brokenthe total breakage was enormous
compensation or allowance for goods damaged while in use, transit, etc
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