damage

Meaning

Noun

1. Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
2. (slang) Cost or expense.

Verb

1. To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
2. (obsolete) To undergo damage.
3. To remove a damaged or unsalable item from the sales floor for processing.

Hyphenated as

dam‧age

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdæmɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From Middle English damage, from Old French damage, from Vulgar Latin *damnāticum from Classical Latin damnum. Compare modern French dommage. Displaced Middle English scath.

Sentences

He landed the plane with a damaged gear , but no major damage .