breakage

English

noun
Definitions
  • 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 parimutuel betting pool resulting from rounding off the payoffs, added to the pool for the next race or event or kept as profit.

Etymology

Suffix from English break (break, game won against the server).

Origin

English

break

Gloss

break, game won against the server

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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