1. [noun] The act of breaking.
2. [noun] Something that has been broken.
3. [noun] 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.
4. [noun] The quantity broken; 'the total breakage was huge'.
5. [noun] Reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use.
6. [noun] The act of breaking something; 'the breakage was unavoidable'.