Definition of break-even in English:
break-even
noun ˈbreɪkiːvnˈbreɪkˌivən
The point or state at which a person or company breaks even.
the company expects to reach break-even by the end of the year
as modifier the break-even point
Example sentencesExamples
- The break-even price is known as the Ramsey price.
- It would be a great management that would achieve a fast break-even in these circumstances.
- He said the break-even plan was based on the assumption that revenues would not fall significantly from their current levels.
- The hospital's strategy for survival will assure that it can continue operating on the positive side of the break-even point.
- However, analysts said that the software unit could be a distraction for Conduit's main business and could affect its break-even target.
- Once the break-even is reached, we plan to donate the royalty that we receive.
- Some of the SAIC-German joint ventures reached their break-even point during the first year of production.
- Ceding the desktop PC market, for most a break-even prospect at best, to Dell wouldn't be so bad.
- Originally, we anticipated that it would take seven to eight years for our operations to reach the break-even point.
- He says he's barely reached the break-even point.
- The government's own Cabinet Office puts the break-even rate for most exporters at 115 yen to the dollar.
- For them, these can only be justified if the club enjoys the level of success they had in Europe last term, and which allowed them to reach the magic break-even figure.
- This will help you with your break-even analysis and help you determine what you need to do to become cash-flow positive.
- Private-label work had helped Viewpoint pass the break-even mark by the end of 1994.
- He added that he was optimistic that the TV station would reach a break-even point within the next four years.
- Even if all these steps only got Qwest's fiber-optic network to the break-even point, that might be enough.
- To reach the break-even point, his productions have joined several international film festivals.
- Lippo Online, he said, expected to reach a break-even point on its investment in less than three years.
- My advice is to prepare just the base case and the break-even case.
- The company has also pushed back the break-even date for U.S. operations by a year, to 2006.
Definition of break-even in US English:
break-even
nounˈbrākˌēvənˈbreɪkˌivən
The point or state at which a person or company breaks even.
as modifier the break-even point
Example sentencesExamples
- Ceding the desktop PC market, for most a break-even prospect at best, to Dell wouldn't be so bad.
- This will help you with your break-even analysis and help you determine what you need to do to become cash-flow positive.
- Lippo Online, he said, expected to reach a break-even point on its investment in less than three years.
- Private-label work had helped Viewpoint pass the break-even mark by the end of 1994.
- To reach the break-even point, his productions have joined several international film festivals.
- He said the break-even plan was based on the assumption that revenues would not fall significantly from their current levels.
- However, analysts said that the software unit could be a distraction for Conduit's main business and could affect its break-even target.
- It would be a great management that would achieve a fast break-even in these circumstances.
- Originally, we anticipated that it would take seven to eight years for our operations to reach the break-even point.
- My advice is to prepare just the base case and the break-even case.
- The hospital's strategy for survival will assure that it can continue operating on the positive side of the break-even point.
- The government's own Cabinet Office puts the break-even rate for most exporters at 115 yen to the dollar.
- The company has also pushed back the break-even date for U.S. operations by a year, to 2006.
- He added that he was optimistic that the TV station would reach a break-even point within the next four years.
- Once the break-even is reached, we plan to donate the royalty that we receive.
- Even if all these steps only got Qwest's fiber-optic network to the break-even point, that might be enough.
- He says he's barely reached the break-even point.
- For them, these can only be justified if the club enjoys the level of success they had in Europe last term, and which allowed them to reach the magic break-even figure.
- The break-even price is known as the Ramsey price.
- Some of the SAIC-German joint ventures reached their break-even point during the first year of production.