break-even

• breakeven

break-even (countable and uncountable, plural break-evens)

1. (business, management) The level of revenues sufficient to cover costs.

   We'll never reach break-even if our variable costs are higher than our selling price.

• (business, management): break-even point

break-even (not comparable)

1. that is characterized by the level of revenues just sufficient to cover costs

   The Altair 8800 computer was a break-even sale for MITS.

   • 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 38:

     The British Transport Commission (BTC) was created to own not just the railways, but also London Underground, docks, inland waterways, and some road haulage activities. Its remit was to operate on a break-even basis, with sustained losses unacceptable.

• break-even point

• break even (verb)