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Webster 1913 Edition


Breakage

Break′age

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Noun.
1.
The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken.
2.
An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use.

Webster 1828 Edition


Breakage

BREAKAGE

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Noun.
A breaking; also,an allowance for things broken, in transportation.

Definition 2024


breakage

breakage

English

Noun

breakage (plural breakages)

  1. The act of breaking.
  2. Something that has been broken.
    At the end of the party, there were two reported breakages.
  3. The left-over money in a parimutuel 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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