From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Breakage \Break"age\, n.
1. The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles
broken.
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2. An allowance or compensation for things broken
accidentally, as in transportation or use.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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]