breakage

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Scrabble points
15
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17
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈbɹeɪkɪd͡ʒ/

Definition of breakage

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of breaking.
    “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.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of breaking.
    “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. (countable, uncountable)Something that has been broken.
    “At the end of the party, there were two reported breakages.”
  3. (countable, uncountable)A service which is unused by a customer, such as an unredeemed gift card, which therefore represents a pure profit to the seller.
  4. (countable, uncountable)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.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-der. Proto-Germanic *brekaną Proto-West Germanic *brekan Old English brecan Middle English breken English break Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English breakage From break + -age.

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