2syllables
breakage
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Definitions ofbreakage
1noun
- The act of breaking.
- Something that has been broken.
Example: "At the end of the party, there were two reported breakages."
- A service which is unused by a customer, such as an unredeemed gift card, which therefore represents a pure profit to the seller.
- 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.
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