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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the quantity broken;
- Example: "the total breakage was huge"

2. reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use;

3. the act of breaking something;
- Example: "the breakage was unavoidable"
[syn: breakage, break, breaking]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Breakage \Break"age\, n. 1. The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken. [1913 Webster] 2. An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: breakage, break, breaking]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

86 Moby Thesaurus words for "breakage": abatement, agio, allowance, bank discount, bankruptcy, breach, break, breakdown, burst, cash discount, chain discount, charge-off, chip, cleft, collapse, concession, crack, crack-up, crippling, cut, damage, deduction, depreciation, destruction, detriment, dilapidation, disablement, discount, disrepair, drawback, encroachment, fissure, fracture, gap, harm, hobbling, hurt, hurting, impairment, incapacitation, infringement, injury, inroad, kickback, loss, maiming, mayhem, mischief, mutilation, penalty, penalty clause, percentage, premium, price reduction, price-cut, rebate, rebatement, reduction, refund, rent, rift, rip, rollback, ruination, ruinousness, rupture, sabotage, salvage, scale, scathe, setoff, sickening, slash, slice, slit, splinter, split, spoiling, tare, tear, time discount, trade discount, tret, underselling, weakening, write-off