Break-even Definition

brākēvən
breakeven
adjective
Designating that point, as in a commercial venture, at which income and expenses are equal.
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noun

(business, management) Alternative spelling of break-even.

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(business, management) The level of revenues sufficient to cover costs.
We'll never reach break-even if our variable costs are higher than our selling price.
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verb
(nonstandard) Alternative spelling of break even.
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(idiomatic) To neither gain nor lose money.

After an entire night playing poker, he nearly broke even.
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(idiomatic) To stay the same; to neither advance nor regress.

It's a lot of work just to break even and keep the weeds down.
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Noun

Singular:
break-even
Plural:
break-evens

Break-even Sentence Examples

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

  • Sales volumes are growing and we anticipate the business achieving break-even in 2007.

  • I always think of cash-flow positive as nirvana, because if you are break-even or better, you control your own destiny.

  • The only system to break even a little of Nintendo's market share is Sony's PlayStation Portable.

  • Meanwhile, BenQ asserts that Siemens Mobile should reach break-even some time during 2006.

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