Break-even
break even, breakeven, break-even (adjective) - make neither a profit or a loss, revenue - expenses = 0
breaks even (phrasal verb)
the breakeven point
bring the break-even point down from sales of X to sales of Y
recover quickly to break-even point
projected break-even levels
break-even occupancy levels
losses have now been reduced to being now around breakeven level
break-even operating results
sees break-even operating results
breakeven level
reduced breakeven level
reduced quarterly breakeven level
a breakeven result
produced a breakeven result
a breakeven threshhold
a break-even position
move forward from its breakeven position of the past year
a break-even chart
break-even analysis
ensure breakeven
break-even cash flow
a breakeven constraint
a long way short of breakeven
hopes to breakeven this year
Example sentences:
* "Quarterly cash flow was at break-even."
* "From a massive deficit the year of the miners' strike, the sector was able to recover quickly to break-even point and then achieve a handsome surplus."
* "What few realised was that diesels were more costly than their petrol-engine counterparts, and that the break-even point (when the fuel savings outweighed the price difference) didn't occur until very large mileages had been covered."
* "The introduction of Japanese-style working practices is said to have brought the break-even point down from sales of about 2,700 cars a year to about 2,000."
* The break-even point where diesel starts to pay off varies considerably depending on the size of the premium and the extent of annual mileage (the higher the mileage, the faster you reach break-even)."
* "Those who claimed a break-even or loss situation did not make allowance for some factors."
* "The company tended to capitalise all costs and revenues associated with opening new homes until they reached projected break-even occupancy levels.
* The engineers hope that the new improvement to the machine might enable them to cross the breakeven threshold.
* "The improvement gained for the cost incurred would mean a financial breakeven point of several thousand miles."
* "Insufficient knowledge or experience of an industry or of business generally (ie breakeven points, profit margins, cash flow, VAT, tax, PAYE etc) can quickly bring on the end."
* "This is a long way short of breakeven."
* "The company announced that it only sees break-even operating results for its third quarter ending March 31 and its printer products unit was experiencing a slowdown in sales."
* "The company expects lower than expected sales and net profit for its third quarter to March 31, turnover will be about flat, and profits down about breakeven."
* "The company said it hopes to approach breakeven this year."
* The company has over the last three to four years put a good deal of energy into reducing their cost base, but now, even with a quarterly breakeven level reduced, the company is struggling to make ends meet."
* "Losses have now been reduced from a very high level to being now around breakeven level and should be profitable shortly."
* "Lump sum transfers would be required to ensure breakeven, in which case public control seems a sensible solution, with the necessary funds coming from general taxation."
* "Asia produced a breakeven result with Hong Kong and a number of smaller territories producing an underwriting profit."
* "The company has been revitalised and will now move forward from its breakeven position of the past year to acceptable profits anticipated in the year ahead."
