Business Dictionary :
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.


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