breakage

[ brey-kij ]

/ ˈbreɪ kɪdʒ /

the act of breaking; state of being broken.

the amount or quantity of things broken: There was a great deal of breakage in that shipment of glassware.

an allowance or compensation for the loss or damage of articles broken in transit or in use.

the money accrued by a racetrack from calculating the payoff to winning pari-mutuel bettors only in multiples of dimes for each dollar bet.

Origin of breakage

First recorded in 1805–15; break + -age

re·break·age, noun

So raucous did the celebration get that City Tavern took the unusual step of sending along a bill for “breakage.”

Life, Liberty, and the Founding Fathers’ Pursuit of Hoppiness |Kevin Bleyer |July 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Large squares and plate glass are usually inserted when the sashes are hung to avoid risks of breakage.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 |Various
The risk of breakage is so great that there is nothing to be gained.

The Potter's Craft |Charles F. Binns
Put them near articles which cannot be injured by the contents, if a breakage occurs.

St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. |Various

"To pay for breakage," he said, and disappeared down Pelham Parkway.

The Boy Scout |Richard Harding Davis
But I can't get away from that wholesale disorder and breakage—the work of a mob.

A Boy Knight |Martin J. (Martin Jerome) Scott

breakage

/ (ˈbreɪkɪdʒ) /

the act or result of breaking

the quantity or amount broken the total breakage was enormous

compensation or allowance for goods damaged while in use, transit, etc