breakage
Americannoun
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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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Breakage becomes more of a problem as organisms get smaller.
From Scientific American • Jun. 18, 2018
Breakage becomes more of a problem as organisms get smaller.
From Scientific American • Jun. 18, 2018
Breakage during recovery pushed that total to more than 600.
From Washington Times • Jul. 17, 2014
Board Breakage So you came to Bali with two shortboards and a 10' gun-good job!
From Time Magazine Archive
Man's ancient arms Were hands, and nails and teeth, stones too and boughs— Breakage of forest trees—and flame and fire, As soon as known.
From On the Nature of Things by Leonard, William Ellery
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