Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
breakage, break, breaking
(noun) the act of breaking something; “the breakage was unavoidable”
breakage
(noun) reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use
breakage
(noun) the quantity broken; “the total breakage was huge”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
breakage (countable and uncountable, plural breakages)
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.
Source: Wiktionary
Break"age, n.
1. The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken.
2. An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.