break-even

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break-e⋅ven

[breyk-ee-vuh

–adjective

1.	having income exactly equal to expenditure, thus showing neither profit nor loss.

–noun

2.	break-even point.

3.	Energy. the stage at which a fission or fusion reaction becomes self-sustaining.

Also, breakeven.

Origin:
1935–40, Americanism

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break·e·ven or break-e·ven (brāk'ē'vən)

adj. Marked by or indicating a balance, especially between investment and return.
n. In both senses also called break-even point.

The point, especially the level of sales of a good or service, at which the return on investment is exactly equal to the amount invested.
The point at which the energy put into a system is equalled by the energy produced by that system: reaching breakeven in controlled fusion reactions.

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