Associations to the word «Breakage»

Wiktionary

BREAKAGE, noun. The act of breaking.
BREAKAGE, noun. Something that has been broken.
BREAKAGE, noun. 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.

Dictionary definition

BREAKAGE, noun. The quantity broken; "the total breakage was huge".
BREAKAGE, noun. Reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use.
BREAKAGE, noun. The act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable".

Wise words

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy