Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Marked by or indicating a balance, especially between investment and return.
- noun The point, especially the level of sales of a good or service, at which the return on investment is exactly equal to the amount invested.
- noun The point at which the energy produced by a system is equal to that put into it, thereby rendering the system self-sustaining.
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- noun business, management Alternative spelling of
break-even . - verb nonstandard Alternative spelling of
break even .
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Examples
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So the way to look at this is we've reached the short-term breakeven point, but we will continue to work that breakeven point down beyond the end of this year.
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However, while this may delay our short-term breakeven we are confident we will achieve this milestone by the end of the year and we continue to be optimistic about the long-term profitability potential of the company.
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Re #196: "The amount of energy generated by the solar cells only reaches the amount of energy used to make the cells after two and a half years (on average) Installing solar cells involves an inflexible investment with long term breakeven in CO2 emissions and in dollar terms."
RealClimate 2009
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The amount of energy generated by the solar cells only reaches the amount of energy used to make the cells after two and a half years (on average) Installing solar cells involves an inflexible investment with long term breakeven in CO2 emissions and in dollar terms.
RealClimate 2009
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Re #196: "The amount of energy generated by the solar cells only reaches the amount of energy used to make the cells after two and a half years (on average) Installing solar cells involves an inflexible investment with long term breakeven in CO2 emissions and in dollar terms."
RealClimate 2009
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The amount of energy generated by the solar cells only reaches the amount of energy used to make the cells after two and a half years (on average) Installing solar cells involves an inflexible investment with long term breakeven in CO2 emissions and in dollar terms.
RealClimate 2009
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The yield spread between 10-year TIPS and 10-year nominal Treasury notes, known as breakeven rate and a main gauge of market-based inflation expectations, narrowed by 0.05 point to 2.28 points.
Long-Term Treasurys Gain; Yield at 3.782% Min Zeng 2010
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The so-called breakeven rate, a closely-tracked barometer of inflation expectation, signals that investors expect an average annualized inflation rate of 1.76% in a decade.
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The so-called breakeven rate widened above 200 basis points earlier this month to the widest level last seen since September, after hovering near zero at the start of the year.
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The spread between inflation-linked bonds and their nominal counterparts -- known as the breakeven inflation rate -- fell to single digits on the most recent linked bond and into negative territory on older notes, a phenomenon market-watchers said they had never seen before.
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