breakage en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈbɹeɪkɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology
Etymology tree English break Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English breakage From break + -age.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of breaking.
A loader performs the important work of storing goods in the wagons and of unloading the wagons. In each case considerable skill is required to avoid breakage, and, in the case of loading, skill goes far to conserve wagon space.
1944 March and April, T. F. Cameron, “The Working of Marshalling Yards and Goods Sheds”, in Railway Magazine, page 85:
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(countable, uncountable) Something that has been broken.
At the end of the party, there were two reported breakages.
- (countable, uncountable) A service which is unused by a customer, such as an unredeemed gift card, which therefore represents a pure profit to the seller.
- (countable, uncountable) The left-over money in a pari-mutuel betting pool resulting from rounding off the payoffs, added to the pool for the next race or event or kept as profit.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| breakages | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Nijmegen breakage syndrome · antibreakage · Berlin breakage syndrome
Relateds
Translations (20)
pl stłuczenie (action of breaking) · nb brekkasje (action of breaking) · grc ῥῆγμα (something that has been broken) · fi särkyminen (action of breaking) · fi särkynyt esine (something that has been broken) · nn brekkasje (action of breaking) · nb brekkasje (something that has been broken) · bg чупене (action of breaking) · bg трошене (action of breaking) · fi rikkoutuminen (action of breaking) · es rompimiento (action of breaking) · de Anbruch (something that has been broken) · cy gorthoriant (action of breaking) · nn brekkasje (something that has been broken) · pl stłuczka (something that has been broken) · fi rikkominen (action of breaking) · fi särkeminen (action of breaking) · es rotura (action of breaking) · cy toriad (action of breaking) · bg нещо счупено (something that has been broken)