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# breakage

«breakage» in Mova's school dictionary: **something that has been broken, especially by accident:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a breakage, breakages; breakage as uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A breakage is something that has been broken, especially by accident: "the shop charges for breakages". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breakage/#m1)

2) Breakage is the act of breaking or the damage done: "pack the plates carefully to stop breakage". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breakage/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life shops and removal companies talk about breakages: "all breakages must be paid for". In maths problems breakages are often taken away: "of 200 eggs, 12 were breakages, so 188 were sold". Phrases: breakages must be paid for, risk of breakage.

### examples

- All breakages must be paid for. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breakage/#x1)
- We wrapped the cups in newspaper to stop breakage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breakage/#x2)
- There were three breakages when we moved house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breakage/#x3)
- Out of 50 glasses, 4 were breakages, so 46 were left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breakage/#x4)
- The delivery arrived with no breakages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breakage/#x5)
- The shop puts breakages in a special box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breakage/#x6)

### note

Countable for single broken items, uncountable for the general idea. Formed from break + -age. In maths, breakages are usually subtracted from the total.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «breakage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/breakage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.