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What does break even mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word break even? Here's what it means.

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  1. (idiomatic) To neither gain nor lose money.
  2. (idiomatic) To stay the same; to neither advance nor regress.
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One must ask if it will reach a large enough public in order to break even.
At that point, Lintott says he was ready to break even on his hay crop and was hoping for a couple more good days to put his books in the black.
If you break even or come out on the plus side, know that you are lucky and go do your homework.
That seemed almost obscene to someone who was used to graduate assistantships that were essentially break even propositions.
We needed to make changes, not necessarily to make money off the student groups but to break even.
This brings DNS BE a step closer to its objective of achieving a break even situation.

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