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Dictionary: break·age   (brā'kĭj) pronunciation
n.
  1. The act of breaking.
  2. A quantity broken.
  3. Loss or damage as a result of breaking.
  4. A commercial allowance for loss or damage.

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noun

    An act, instance, or consequence of breaking: damage, destruction, impairment, wreckage. See help/harm/harmless.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: the quantity broken

Meaning #2: reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use

Meaning #3: the act of breaking something
  Synonyms: break, breaking


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - brud, beskadigelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
het breken, breuk, schade, gebroken ding

Français (French)
n. - rupture, bris, fracture

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bruch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - θρυμματισμός, σπάσιμο, τα σπασμένα

Italiano (Italian)
incrinatura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - quebra (f), interrupção (f)

Русский (Russian)
поломка

Español (Spanish)
n. - rotura, objetos rotos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sönderbrytning, brott, spricka

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
破坏, 破损量, 破损处

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 破壞, 破損量, 破損處

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 파손[량, 배상액]

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 破損, 破損物, 破損額

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تكسيرات, كسر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נזקי שבירה, שבירה, שבר‬


 
 
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