damage

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.

noun

1. Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
   The storm did a lot of damage to the area.
2. (slang) Cost or expense.
   "What's the damage?" he asked the waiter.

verb

1. (transitive) 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. File:Cold temperatures, heavy rain, falling rocks, strong winds and glacier movement can damage the equipment.ogg
   The building was erected in two years, at the parochial expence, on the foundation of the former one, which was irreparably damaged by the hurricane of Auguſt, 1712. 1774, Edward Long, The History of Jamaica. Or, General Survey of the Antient and Modern State of that Island, volume 2, book 2, chapter 7, 5
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To undergo damage.
3. (transitive) To remove a damaged or unsalable item from the sales floor for processing.
   Did you damage the items that the customer returned yet?