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Break and Breakages
Break and Breakages
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Break : noun : short space of time when you can rest
• She typed for two hours without a break.
Coffee Break or Tea Break = rest time during work when the workers can drink coffee or tea
Break : verb :
(a) To fail to carry out the duties of a contract
• The company has broken the contract or the agreement.
• To break an engagement to do something. = not to do what has been agreed
(b) To cancel (a contract)
• The company is hoping to be able to break the contract.
NOTE : breaking : broke : has broken
Breakages : plural noun : breaking of items
• Customers are expected to pay for breakages.