GET A BREAK

GET A BREAK

Dear experts,

I am truly sorry about the vagueness of my illustrative sentence; this is the original context it had been borrowed from:

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I have since come up with what looks like a better example:

Our customers usually expect to GET A BREAK when they buy in quantity.

Thanks again for your valuable assistance,

Regards,
Yuri

I checked Yuri's source. It's an impromptu discussion on the BBC, and therefore one doesn't expect absolute precision in the prose.
"SPILLER: On File on 4, we investigate help for families caring for disabled children and claims of a growing crisis in respite care - breaks for families who look after children and adults with disabilities."

In short form: We investigate the question of breaks for families that care for disabled persons. Mr. Spiller's agency tries to decide if these people should get a break, or determine who should get a break. A break, in this case, means some remuneration or reward or reimbursement for the benefit they provide to the public at large.
SS

There is possibly another related usage of break in that case - a tax break. Going to www.onelook.com, I count 15 noun definitions and 59 verb definitions for "break".

Quite right, a tax break may be in question. That would fall under the category of "reward."
SS