Hypertext Webster Gateway: "breakage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Breakage \Break"age\, n.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
breakage
n 1: the quantity broken; "the total breakage was huge"
2: reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use
3: the act of breaking something; "the breakage was
unavoidable" [syn: {break}, {breaking}]
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