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break·age

 (brā′kĭj)
n.
1. The act of breaking.
2. A quantity broken.
3. Loss or damage as a result of breaking.
4. A commercial allowance for loss or damage.
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breakage

(ˈbreɪkɪdʒ)
n
1. the act or result of breaking
2. the quantity or amount broken: the total breakage was enormous.
3. (Commerce) compensation or allowance for goods damaged while in use, transit, etc
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

break•age

(ˈbreɪ kɪdʒ)

n.
1. the act of breaking or the state of being broken.
2. the amount or quantity of things broken.
3. an allowance or compensation for articles broken, as in transit.
[1805–15]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.breakage - the quantity broken; "the total breakage was huge"
indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity
2.breakage - reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use
reimbursement - compensation paid (to someone) for damages or losses or money already spent etc.; "he received reimbursement for his travel expenses"
3.breakage - the act of breaking somethingbreakage - the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"
breaking, break
change of integrity - the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something
rupture - the act of making a sudden noisy break
shattering, smashing - the act of breaking something into small pieces
cracking, fracture, crack - the act of cracking something
chipping, splintering, chip - the act of chipping something
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breakage

noun break, cut, tear, crack, rent, breach, fracture, rift, rupture, cleft, fissure Use a wooden-toothed comb to avoid breakages.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

breakage

noun
An act, instance, or consequence of breaking:
damage, destruction, impairment, wreckage.
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Translations
كَسْـر
lomrozbité věcirozbití
beskadigelsebrud
BruchBruchschaden
desguace
cassecassure
töréskár
brot, brotnun
skadeverk
rozbitierozbitý tovar
kırılmakırmaparçalanma
破损

breakage

[ˈbreɪkɪdʒ] N (= act of breaking) → rotura f; (= thing broken) → destrozo m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

breakage

[ˈbreɪkɪdʒ] n → casse f
to pay for breakages → payer la casse
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

breakage

n
(in chain, link) → Bruch m
(of glass, china) → Bruch m; to pay for breakages → für zerbrochene Ware or Bruch bezahlen; were there any breakages? → hat es Bruch gegeben?, ist irgendetwas kaputtgegangen or zu Bruch gegangen?
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

breakage

[ˈbreɪkɪdʒ] n → danni mpl
to pay for breakages → pagare i danni
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

break

(breik) – past tense broke (brouk) : past participle brəken (ˈbroukən) – verb
1. to divide into two or more parts (by force).
2. (usually with off/away) to separate (a part) from the whole (by force).
3. to make or become unusable.
4. to go against, or not act according to (the law etc). He broke his appointment at the last minute.
5. to do better than (a sporting etc record).
6. to interrupt. She broke her journey in London.
7. to put an end to. He broke the silence.
8. to make or become known. They gently broke the news of his death to his wife.
9. (of a boy's voice) to fall in pitch.
10. to soften the effect of (a fall, the force of the wind etc).
11. to begin. The storm broke before they reached shelter.
noun
1. a pause. a break in the conversation.
2. a change. a break in the weather.
3. an opening.
4. a chance or piece of (good or bad) luck. This is your big break.
ˈbreakable adjective
(negative unbreakable) likely to break. breakable toys.
noun
(usually in plural) something likely to break.
ˈbreakage (-kidʒ) noun
the act of breaking, or its result(s).
ˈbreaker noun
a (large) wave which breaks on rocks or the beach.
ˈbreakdown noun
1. (often nervous breakdown) a mental collapse.
2. a mechanical failure causing a stop. The car has had another breakdown. See also break down.
break-inbreak in(to)ˈbreakneck adjective
(usually of speed) dangerous. He drove at breakneck speed.
breakoutbreak outˈbreakthrough noun
a sudden solution of a problem leading to further advances, especially in science.
ˈbreakwater noun
a barrier to break the force of the waves.
break away
to escape from control. The dog broke away from its owner.
break down
1. to use force on (a door etc) to cause it to open.
2. to stop working properly. My car has broken down.
3. to fail. The talks have broken down.
4. to be overcome with emotion. She broke down and wept.
break in(to)
1. to enter (a house etc) by force or unexpectedly (noun ˈbreak-in. The Smiths have had two break-ins recently).
2. to interrupt (someone's conversation etc).
break loose
to escape from control. The dog has broken loose.
break off
to stop. She broke off in the middle of a sentence.
break out
1. to appear or happen suddenly. War has broken out.
2. to escape (from prison, restrictions etc). A prisoner has broken out (noun ˈbreakout).
break out in
to (suddenly) become covered in a rash, in sweat etc. I'm allergic to strawberries. They make me break out in a rash.
break the ice
to overcome the first shyness etc. Let's break the ice by inviting our new neighbours for a meal.
break up
1. to divide, separate or break into pieces. He broke up the old furniture and burnt it; John and Mary broke up (= separated from each other) last week.
2. to finish or end. The meeting broke up at 4.40.
make a break for it
to make an (attempt to) escape. When the guard is not looking, make a break for it.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

breakage

n. rotura, quebradura;
bone ___ → fractura ósea.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
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The hiss of the quenched element, the breakage of a pitcher which I flung from my hand when I had emptied it, and, above all, the splash of the shower-bath I had liberally bestowed, roused Mr.
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I doubt whether any rock, even as soft as chalk, would yield at this rate excepting on the most exposed coasts; though no doubt the degradation of a lofty cliff would be more rapid from the breakage of the fallen fragments.
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The old Camorrist had the stem of a liqueur-glass between his swollen blue fingers, one of which had been cut in the breakage, and the livid flesh was also brown with the last blood that it would ever shed.
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'My dear,' returned the cherub, looking at them both, 'you broke so much in the first--Gush, if I may so express myself--that I think I am equal to a good large breakage now.'
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"No, no," said Caleb, "here's a breakage. They'll have to give up for to-day, and it will be as well.
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Incidents of the flight he did encounter: a part-chewed joint of sugar-cane some child had dropped; a clay pipe, the stem short from successive breakages; a single feather from some young man's hair, and a calabash, full of cooked yams and sweet potatoes, deposited carefully beside the trail by some Mary for whom its weight had proved too great.
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Meg had an unusual number of callers to keep her at home, and Jo was in such a divided state of mind that her breakages, accidents, and mistakes were uncommonly numerous, serious, and trying.
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I said many other judicious things, and finally when I offered to rebuild his chalet, and pay for the breakages, and throw in the cellar, he was mollified and satisfied.
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Under Labor Code Article 96, 85 percent of the service charge is mandated to be distributed to the employees, and 15 percent can be used to offset losses, pilferage and breakage of hotel supplies and equipment, and at the discretion of management, for distribution to the supervisors and managers.
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