Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
BREAKAGE
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
Etymology
Noun
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
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