breakage

English

Etymology

break +‎ -age

Noun

breakage (countable and uncountable, plural breakages)

The act of breaking.
Something that has been broken.
At the end of the party, there were two reported breakages.
The left-over money in a parimutuel betting pool resulting from rounding off the payoffs, added to the pool for the next race or event or kept as profit.

Translations

action of breaking

Finnish: rikkominen (fi), särkeminen (fi); rikkoutuminen (fi), särkyminen (fi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: brekkasje m

Nynorsk: brekkasje m

something that has been broken

Finnish: särkynyt esine
Norwegian:
Bokmål: brekkasje m

Nynorsk: brekkasje m

See also

fracture

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