# breakage

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɹeɪkɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #32,714

## Definitions
1. The act of breaking.
2. Something that has been broken.
3. A service which is unused by a customer, such as an unredeemed gift card, which therefore represents a pure profit to the seller.
4. 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.

## Etymology
From break + -age.

## Common misspellings (11)
`bbreakage`, `berakage`, `braekage`, `breaakge`, `breakaeg`, `breakagge`, `breakgae`, `breakkage`, `brekaage`, `brreakage`, `rbeakage`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/breakage