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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]