break-even

break-even Definition

break·-even (brāk′ē′vən)

adjective

designating that point, as in a commercial venture, at which income and expenses are equal

break-even Usage Examples

Converse of object

achieve: Through capital raised through land sales, the Trust achieved a technical break-even at the end of the financial year.

Preposition: at

end: Through capital raised through land sales, the Trust achieved a technical break-even at the end of the financial year.

Adjective modifier

financial: NHS Trusts face several statutory obligations, including delivery of financial break-even, management of cash flow, and management of assets.

Modifies a noun

point: We can see the break-even point is where the total revenue line crosses the total costs line.
analysis: Break-even analysis allows firms to identify the minimum level of sales needed to make a profit.
budget: Mr Keates reported that he was nevertheless confident that a break-even budget would be achieved by the end of the year.
figure: Home gates have dipped to a pitiful 3,000 - 50 per cent below the break-even figure.
position: The results show that Egg is on track to achieve a break-even position for the existing UK business during the fourth quarter of 2001.
level: Regular orders are reported to have been running at a third of the break-even level of 100 a day.

Used with adjective complement

reach: Meanwhile, BenQ asserts that Siemens Mobile should reach break-even some time during 2006.
achieve: Sales volumes are growing and we anticipate the business achieving break-even in 2007.

Noun used with modifier

Preposition: in

Preposition: by

end: Lockwood says the company expects " to be cash-flow break-even by end of the fiscal year [ January 2003 ] .

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