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break even

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  • verb idiomatic To neither gain nor lose money.
  • verb idiomatic To stay the same; to neither advance nor regress.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb make neither profit nor loss
  • verb attain a level at which there is neither gain nor loss, as in business, gambling, or a competitive sport

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synonyms (23)

Words with the same meaning

  1. amount to
  2. balance
  3. come to
  4. come up to
  5. correspond
  6. ditto
  7. draw
  8. equal
  9. even
  10. even off
  11. keep pace with
  12. knot
  13. match
  14. match up with
  15. measure up to
  16. parallel
  17. reach
  18. rival
  19. run abreast
  20. run to
  21. stack up with
  22. tie
  23. touch

hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. attain
  2. hit
  3. reach

forms (2)

Forms

  1. break-even
  2. break-even point

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