Verb: break even breyk ee-vun
- Make neither profit nor loss
"The restaurant barely broke even last month"; "The new business hopes to break even in its first year"
- Attain a level at which there is neither gain nor loss, as in business, gambling, or a competitive sport
"The company hopes to break even by the end of the fiscal year"
Derived forms: broken even, breaking even, broke even, breaks even
Type of: attain, balance, equilibrate, equilibrise [Brit], equilibrize, hit, reach
Encyclopedia: Break even