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ALL meanings of breakeven

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  • noun breakeven Mining. a fault or offset, as in a vein or bed of ore. 1
  • verb with object breakeven to make even; level; smooth (sometimes followed by out): to even a board with a plane. 1
  • verb with object breakeven to place in an even state as to claim or obligation; balance (often followed by up): to even up accounts. 1
  • verb without object breakeven to become even: The odds evened before the race. 1
  • idioms breakeven break even, to have one's profits equal one's losses; neither gain nor lose: The company barely broke even last year. 1
  • idioms breakeven get even, to be revenged; retaliate: He vowed to get even for the insult. 1
  • adverb breakeven evenly: The road ran even over the fields. 1
  • adverb breakeven still; yet (used to emphasize a comparative): even more suitable. 1
  • adverb breakeven (used to suggest that something mentioned as a possibility constitutes an extreme case or an unlikely instance): Even the slightest noise disturbs him. Even if he attends, he may not participate. 1
  • adverb breakeven just (used to emphasize occurrence, coincidence, or simultaneousness of occurrences): Even as he lay dying, they argued over his estate. 1
  • adverb breakeven fully or quite: even to death. 1
  • adverb breakeven indeed (used as an intensive for stressing the identity or truth of something): He is willing, even eager, to do it. 1
  • adverb breakeven exactly or precisely: It was even so. 1
  • noun breakeven Alternative spelling of break-even. 0
  • verb breakeven (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of break even. 0
  • adjective breakeven Alternative spelling of break-even. 0
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