breakeven

[breyk-ee-vuhn] Origin

break-e·ven

[breyk-ee-vuhn]
adjective
1.
having income exactly equal to expenditure, thus showing neither profit nor loss.
noun
3.
Energy. the stage at which a fission or fusion reaction becomes self-sustaining.

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Breakeven is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Also, break·e·ven.


Origin:
1935–40, Americanism
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breakeven
also Related: break-even; usually with point, 1938, from break + even. The verbal phrase in the financial sense is recorded from 1914.
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