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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. (Business / Commerce) compensation or allowance for goods damaged while in use, transit, etc ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
breakage Translations 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? How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I therefore resolved to go about the thing more directly; so, at the start, I dispensed with ballast altogether, excepting as a provision for cases of special emergency, such as the breakage of my apparatus, or the necessity of ascending very suddenly, so as to avoid unforeseen obstacles. After some breakage of the office furniture, the editor (an ex-college athlete), ably assisted by the business manager, an advertising agent, and the porter, succeeded in removing Martin from the office and in accelerating, by initial impulse, his descent of the first flight of stairs. 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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