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- [breyk-ee-vuh n]
- /breɪk ˈē-vən/
- /breɪk ˈiːvn/
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- [breyk-ee-vuh n]
- /breɪk ˈē-vən/
Definitions of break even words
- verb break even to attain a level of activity, as in commerce, or a point of operation, as in gambling, at which there is neither profit nor loss 3
- noun break even the level of commercial activity at which the total cost and total revenue of a business enterprise are equal 3
- noun break even (as modifier) 3
- noun break even to finish as neither a winner nor a loser 3
- adjective break even designating that point, as in a commercial venture, at which income and expenses are equal 3
- verb break even If a company breaks even, the money that it makes from the sale of goods or services is equal to the money that it has spent, so that there is neither profit nor loss. 3
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Origin of break even
First appearance:
before 1935 One of the 8% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1935-40
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Parts of speech for Break even
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
break even popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 72% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
break even usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for break even
adv break even
- alike — If two or more things are alike, they are similar in some way.
- analogously — having analogy; corresponding in some particular: A brain and a computer are analogous.
- calmly — You can use calmly to emphasize that someone is behaving in a very controlled or ordinary way in a frightening or unusual situation.
- ceaselessly — without stop or pause; unending; incessant.
- comparably — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
noun break even
- apposition — If two noun groups referring to the same person or thing are in apposition, one is placed immediately after the other, with no conjunction joining them, as in 'Her father, Nigel, left home three months ago.'
- centrality — the state or condition of being central
- chestnut — A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves.
- composure — Composure is the appearance or feeling of calm and the ability to control your feelings.
- consistency — Consistency is the quality or condition of being consistent.
adj break even
- co-ordinate — If you co-ordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
- fifty-fifty — equally good and bad, likely and unlikely, favorable and unfavorable, etc.: a fifty-fifty chance of winning.
- lookalike — a person or thing that looks like or closely resembles another; double.
verb break even
- come to — When someone who is unconscious comes to, they recover consciousness.
- live up to — to have life, as an organism; be alive; be capable of vital functions: all things that live.
- measure up — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- deadlocked — If a dispute or series of negotiations is deadlocked, no agreement can be reached because neither side will give in at all. You can also say that the people involved are deadlocked.
- equal — Being the same in quantity, size, degree, or value.
adverb break even
- coequally — In a coequal manner.
- collectedly — In a collected manner; calmly.
- continuously — uninterrupted in time; without cessation: continuous coughing during the concert.
- coordinately — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- equably — In an equable manner.
Antonyms for break even
noun break even
- abruptness — sudden or unexpected: an abrupt departure.
- brokenness — the quality of being broken
- brusqueness — abrupt in manner; blunt; rough: A brusque welcome greeted his unexpected return.
- bushiness — a bushy quality or state
- camber — A camber is a gradual downward slope from the centre of a road to each side of it.
adv break even
- by fits and starts — spasmodically; without concerted effort
- chaotically — completely confused or disordered: a chaotic mass of books and papers.
- choppily — (of the sea, a lake, etc.) forming short, irregular, broken waves.
- eccentrically — deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd: eccentric conduct; an eccentric person.
- irregularly — without symmetry, even shape, formal arrangement, etc.: an irregular pattern.
adverb break even
- disconnectedly — In a disconnected manner.
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