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breakage

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break·age  (brkj)
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.

breakage
Noun
1. the act or result of breaking
2. compensation or allowance for goods damaged while in use, transit, etc.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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.breakagebreakage - the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"
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

breakage
Translations
Spanish breakage [ˈbreɪkɪdʒ] nrotura;
to pay for breakages → pagar por los objetos rotos

French breakage [ˈbreɪkɪdʒ] ncasse f;
to pay for breakages → payer la casse

German breakage [ˈbreɪkɪdʒ] nBruch m;
to pay for breakages → für zerbrochene Ware or für Bruch bezahlen

Italian breakage [ˈbreɪkɪdʒ] nrottura;
to pay for breakages → pagare i danni

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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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