damage

Forms

1.Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
- The storm did a lot of damage to the area.
- Great errors and absurdities many […]commit for want of a friend to tell them of them, to the great damage both of their fame and fortune.
2.Cost or expense.(slang)
- "What's the damage?" he asked the waiter.

1.To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
- Be careful not to damage any of the fragile items while unpacking them.
- Cold temperatures, heavy rain, falling rocks, strong winds and glacier movement can damage the equipment.
- He […] came up to the English admiral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship.
2.To remove a damaged or unsalable item from the sales floor for processing.
- Did you damage the items that the customer returned yet?

Common· #1562

From Middle English damage, from Old French damage, from Vulgar Latin *damnāticum from Classical Latin damnum.

Compare modern French dommage.

Largely displaced native Middle English scath (whence unscathed).