Breakeven (verb)

  1. To reach the point where income equals expenses.
  2. To neither gain nor lose money.
  3. To make just enough money to cover expenses.

Origin:

From 'break' + 'even', meaning a point at which gains equal losses.

Examples:

  1. After we sell the first 500 units, we'll breakeven on this project.
  2. Our goal is to breakeven within the first year of operation.
  3. The company's financial statement showed that it was still struggling to breakeven.
  4. In order to breakeven, we need to reduce our costs by at least 10%.
  5. The business was able to breakeven after only six months of operation.
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