break-even

  • 1break even — {v. phr.}, {informal} (stress on even ) To end a series of gains and losses having the same amount you started with; have expenses equal to profits; have equal gain and loss. * /The storekeeper made many sales, but his expenses were so high that… …

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  • 2break even — {v. phr.}, {informal} (stress on even ) To end a series of gains and losses having the same amount you started with; have expenses equal to profits; have equal gain and loss. * /The storekeeper made many sales, but his expenses were so high that… …

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  • 3Break-even — Break|even auch: Break even 〈[brɛıki:vən] m. 4; Pl. selten; Wirtsch.; kurz für〉 Breakevenpoint * * * Break even [breɪk |i:vn̩ ], der; [s], s (Wirtschaftsjargon): Kurzf. von …

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  • 4break even — /brekˈivən, ingl. ˈbreɪkˌiv(J)n/ [lett. «chiusura (break) alla pari (even)»] loc. sost. m. inv. (econ.) pareggio …

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  • 5break even — If you break even, you don t make any money, but you don t lose any either …

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  • 6Break-even — [bre:k |i:vn̩ ], der; [s], s <englisch> (kurz für Break even Point) …

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  • 7break even — [v] be or become equal balance books, equalize, experience no loss, recover cost, recover expense; concepts 126,232 …

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  • 8break-even — [brāk΄ē′vən] adj. designating that point, as in a commercial venture, at which income and expenses are equal …

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  • 9Break-even — In economics, specifically cost accounting, the break even point (BEP) is the point at which cost or expenses and revenue are equal: there is no net loss or gain, and one has broken even . Therefore has not made a profit or a loss.ComputationIn… …

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  • 10break even — verb 1. make neither profit nor loss (Freq. 1) • Ant: ↑profit, ↑lose • Verb Frames: Somebody s 2. attain a level at which there is neither gain nor loss, as in business, gambling, or a competitive sport (Freq. 1) …

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