exchange for smaller units of money; "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy"
(tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; "he was up two breaks in the second set"
when a team quickly advances the ball down the field in an attempt to get its players near the opponent's goal before the defenders have a chance to retreat; also called an advantage
If you break your journey somewhere, you stop there for a short time so that you can have a rest. Because of the heat we broke our journey at a small country hotel
To break someone means to destroy their determination and courage, their success, or their career. He never let his jailers break him Ken's wife, Vicki, said: `He's a broken man.' = destroy
If you break with a group of people or a traditional way of doing things, or you break your connection with them, you stop being involved with that group or stop doing things in that way. In 1959, Akihito broke with imperial tradition by marrying a commoner They were determined to break from precedent They have yet to break the link with the trade unions. Break is also a noun. Making a completely clean break with the past, the couple got rid of all their old furniture