break-even
or break·e·ven
[breyk-ee-vuh n]
- having income exactly equal to expenditure, thus showing neither profit nor loss.
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- break-even point.
- Energy. the stage at which a fission or fusion reaction becomes self-sustaining.
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Origin of break-even
An Americanism dating back to 1935–40
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Which, probably not coincidentally, is well under the break-even price for shale oil projects.
