breakage

breakage
    n 1: the quantity broken; "the total breakage was huge"
    2: reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use
    3: the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"
       [syn: {breakage}, {break}, {breaking}]
    

Breakage \Break"age\, n.
   1. The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles
      broken.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. An allowance or compensation for things broken
      accidentally, as in transportation or use.
      [1913 Webster]
    

86 Moby Thesaurus words for "breakage":
      abatement, agio, allowance, bank discount, bankruptcy, breach,
      break, breakdown, burst, cash discount, chain discount, charge-off,
      chip, cleft, collapse, concession, crack, crack-up, crippling, cut,
      damage, deduction, depreciation, destruction, detriment,
      dilapidation, disablement, discount, disrepair, drawback,
      encroachment, fissure, fracture, gap, harm, hobbling, hurt,
      hurting, impairment, incapacitation, infringement, injury, inroad,
      kickback, loss, maiming, mayhem, mischief, mutilation, penalty,
      penalty clause, percentage, premium, price reduction, price-cut,
      rebate, rebatement, reduction, refund, rent, rift, rip, rollback,
      ruination, ruinousness, rupture, sabotage, salvage, scale, scathe,
      setoff, sickening, slash, slice, slit, splinter, split, spoiling,
      tare, tear, time discount, trade discount, tret, underselling,
      weakening, write-off