Breakeven

verb

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.verbTo neither gain nor lose money.

"After an entire night playing poker, he nearly broke even."

2.verbTo stay the same; to neither advance nor regress.

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

3.nounThe level of revenues sufficient to cover costs.

"We'll never reach break-even if our variable costs are higher than our selling price."

4.adjectiveThat is characterized by the level of revenues just sufficient to cover costs

"The Altair 8800 computer was a break-even sale for MITS."

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