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  • 51break-even point — A level of activity at which total *costs equal total *revenues. Break even analysis can be applied to individual products or services, or to an entire organization. At a break even point, no profit or loss is made …

    Auditor's dictionary

  • 52break — [OE] Break comes via prehistoric Germanic *brekan from the Indo European base *bhreg , which also produced Latin frangere ‘break’ (source of English fraction and fracture). Possibly related words include brake, bark ‘sound made by a dog’, and… …

    Word origins

  • 53break·through — /ˈbreıkˌθruː/ noun, pl throughs [count] 1 : a sudden increase in knowledge, understanding, etc. : an important discovery that happens after trying for a long time to understand or explain something Researchers say they have made/achieved a major… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 54break-even — {n.} The point of equilibrium in a business venture when one has made as much money as one had invested, but not more that would be profit. * / We ve reached the break even point at long last! Max exclaimed with joy./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 55break-even — {n.} The point of equilibrium in a business venture when one has made as much money as one had invested, but not more that would be profit. * / We ve reached the break even point at long last! Max exclaimed with joy./ …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 56break\ 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 he just… …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 57break-even — noun the point of equilibrium in a business venture when one has made as much money as one had invested, but not more that would be profit. We ve reached the break even point at long last! Max exclaimed with joy …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 58break flour — noun : flour obtained from a break in milling; also : flour made by mingling that obtained from different breaks …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 59break the mold — verb a) To depart from a traditional pattern. b) To make it impossible for an identical copy to be made …

    Wiktionary

  • 60break the news —    American    to obtain a confession or other information through violence    The victim is made aware of the extent of his predicament:     Breaking the news ... and numerous other phrases are employed by the police... as euphemisms to express… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms