breakage

== English == === Etymology === From break +‎ -age. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɹeɪkɪd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -eɪkɪdʒ Hyphenation: break‧age === Noun === breakage (countable and uncountable, plural breakages) The act of breaking. Something that has been broken. (accounting) 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 pari-mutuel betting pool resulting from rounding off the payoffs, added to the pool for the next race or event or kept as profit. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === fracture