breakeven

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A form of break-even — The level of revenues sufficient to cover costs.

UncommonScrabble 18

Meanings

nounbreakeven (countable and uncountable, plural breakevens)

plural breakevens

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of break-even.
adjectivebreakeven (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of break-even.
verb
  1. alternativenonstandardAlternative spelling of break even.

    The three laws [of thermodynamics] have been humorously restated as (1) You can't win. (2) You can't even breakeven. (3) You can't get out of the game.

    2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 94

Translations

Polish próg rentowności
  • próg rentownościnoun
Spanish breakeven
  • breakevennoun
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APA

breakeven. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breakeven

MLA

“breakeven.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breakeven. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “breakeven,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breakeven.

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