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breakeven

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See also: break-even and break even

English

Noun

breakeven (countable and uncountable, plural breakevens)

  1. Alternative spelling of break-even.

Adjective

breakeven (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of break-even.

Verb

breakeven

  1. (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of break even.
    • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 94:
      The three laws [of thermodynamics] have been humorously restated as (1) You can't win. (2) You can't even breakeven. (3) You can't get out of the game.

Usage notes

  • "Breakeven" as a verb is not inflected, and often seems to be an error for "break even". Compare login.
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