<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>The act of breaking; break; state of being broken.</li><li>The amount or quantity of things broken.</li><li>An allowance or compensation for the loss or damage of articles broken in transit or in use.</li><li>The money accrued by a racetrack from calculating the payoff to winning pari-mutuel bettors only in multiples of dimes for each dollar bet.</li></ul>