breakage

[ brey-kij ]

noun

1. the act of breaking; break; state of being broken. break.
2. the amount or quantity of things broken: break:

   There was a great deal of breakage in that shipment of glassware.

3. an allowance or compensation for the loss or damage of articles broken break in transit or in use.
4. the money accrued by a racetrack from calculating the payoff to winning pari-mutuel bettors only in multiples of dimes for each dollar bet.

breakage

/ ˈbreɪkɪdʒ /

noun

1. the act or result of breaking
2. the quantity or amount broken

   the total breakage was enormous

3. compensation or allowance for goods damaged while in use, transit, etc

Other Words From

• re·breakage noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of breakage¹

First recorded in 1805–15; break + -age

Example Sentences

That thickness may have been an adaptation to keep embryos safe in a hot and dry climate, or as a way to prevent breakage when the eggs were buried under mounds of wet soil.

From Popular-Science

However, a core breakage in multi-touch attribution or media mix modeling presents a far more complicated challenge for Google moving forward.

From Digiday

Not everyone who has low bone density will develop osteoporosis, but the condition does make bone breakage more likely and increases the risk for progression to osteoporosis.

From Washington Post

When the hair is wet, it swells and becomes prone to breakage.

From Washington Post

As with other types of ice picks, it’s important to pick a harder material like steel to ensure effectiveness and prevent breakage.

From Popular-Science

So raucous did the celebration get that City Tavern took the unusual step of sending along a bill for “breakage.”

From The Daily Beast

It's not delirium tremors and chromosome breakage and only a small number of users would be seriously harmed.

From The Daily Beast

Frequent straightening can damage black hair and cause breakage.

From The Daily Beast

Thurstane took the lariat, inspected the breakage carefully, and scowled with helpless rage.

From Project Gutenberg

Never strike a fish hard with the fly, either on gut or hair, if the latter, a breakage is almost sure to follow a violent jerk.

From Project Gutenberg

It is excellent discipline, and as the tumblers are inexpensive the breakage really does not matter.

From Project Gutenberg

The blade is a frail instrument, and when too great a pressure is exerted it bends, and as a result a breakage follows.

From Project Gutenberg

The oil expenditure, the breakage of glass chimneys, the consumption of stores, the meteorological records—all must be noted.

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