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Princeton's WordNet

  1. break evenverb

    make neither profit nor loss

  2. break evenverb

    attain a level at which there is neither gain nor loss, as in business, gambling, or a competitive sport

Wiktionary

  1. break evenverb

    To neither gain nor lose money.

  2. break evenverb

    To stay the same; to neither advance nor regress.

ChatGPT

  1. break even

    Break-even refers to a point where total costs (expenses) and total revenue are equal, i.e., there is no net gain or net loss, and the business is just managing to cover its operating expenses. It is an important figure for startups and businesses to determine the minimum output or sales required to prevent any losses. Beyond this point, any additional production or sales result in profit.

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  1. Break Even

    Break Even was an Australian hardcore band from Perth, Western Australia.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of break even in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of break even in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of break even in a Sentence

  1. Doug Pizzi:

    If you have to fight something in court for ten years ... it's going to take a lot more time to break even and/or become profitable.

  2. Wellington Chen:

    If we don't get the breaks, we can not break even.

  3. Leerink Partners analyst Ana Gupte:

    They're growth-challenged, on the exchanges, if the risk pool doesn't deteriorate further next year it's possible they get to break even. If they at least reach break even, that's a big improvement.

  4. Wellington Chen:

    Transitioning over to [ tech ] delivery is going to make that even thinner. if we don't get the breaks, we can not break even.

  5. Anton Siluanov:

    We need to have our budget break even at $70 per barrel by 2017.


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  • تعادلArabic
  • die Gewinnzone erreichenGerman
  • pysyä, ennallaan, olla omillaanFinnish
  • s'en sortir sans perte, rentrer dans ses fraisFrench
  • بھی توڑ دوUrdu
  • אויסקומען גלייךYiddish

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