B2idiombusinessIELTS-friendly
break even
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to earn exactly as much money as you spend, with no profit or loss
A verb with no object. The noun and adjective are 'break-even': 'the break-even point'.
In context
Our coffee cart only broke even in the first year, but now it makes a profit.
The concert needs to sell at least 800 tickets to break even.
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