Breakeven
(verb)
- To reach the point where income equals expenses.
- To neither gain nor lose money.
- To make just enough money to cover expenses.
Origin:
From 'break' + 'even', meaning a point at which gains equal losses.
Examples:
- After we sell the first 500 units, we'll breakeven on this project.
- Our goal is to breakeven within the first year of operation.
- The company's financial statement showed that it was still struggling to breakeven.
- In order to breakeven, we need to reduce our costs by at least 10%.
- The business was able to breakeven after only six months of operation.