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Please refer to the Policy commentary for details of what items should not constitute part of the breakdown account.

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 Meanings and Examples of BREAKDOWN
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breakdown
 n.  process of failing to function or continue; sudden collapse in physical or mental health; summary of itemized data
Classic Sentence:
1  Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Haines, detained by a breakdown on the road, had arrived.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
2  Connie, who understood nothing at all of the technicalities of motors, and who had had experience of breakdowns, sat patiently on the bank as if she were a cipher.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
Example Sentence:
1  His wife would not be able to cope and might suffer a nervous breakdown.
2  Two years ago he suffered a mental breakdown.
3  He warned that the breakdown of the family unit would lead to an impoverished society.
4  We are concerned about the breakdown of law and order in the country.
5  Please give me a breakdown of your income tax totals.
6  He moved away after the breakdown of his marriage.
7  The plane had a breakdown in the air, but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.
8  The breakdown in talks represents a temporary setback in the peace process.
9  Please refer to the Policy commentary for details of what items should not constitute part of the breakdown account.
10  His frequent depressions were the prelude to a complete mental breakdown.
11  Relations between Morocco and Spain have been at low ebb now, first because of a breakdown in talks over Spanish fishing rights and, recently, over the illegal immigration issue.