break-even
Costs equal revenue
Break-even is the point at which costs and revenue are equal—no profit, no loss.
A business reaches break-even when income covers expenses: We need to sell 500 units to break even.
As an adjective, it describes this threshold: break-even point, break-even analysis.
The term appears in any context where gains offset losses: I sold my car at break-even.
Capacity to generate gain
- costsAmounts required to pay
- revenueBusiness income total
- marginEdge of a page
- contributionSomething given to help
pricing · forecasting · budgeting · projection · financial · accounting · cashflow · overheads
Amount of space filled
- unitsStandard measures of quantity
- salesRevenue from goods moved
- revenueBusiness income total
- thresholdPoint of beginning
zero · equilibrium · crossover · benchmark · target · calculation · formula · chart
Object of pursuit
- objectivePurpose or goal
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
outcome · success · viability · sustainability · survival · solvency · minimum · attainment
State of balance
- steady-stateCondition of constant balance
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- constancyUnchanging faithfulness over time
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
resilience · consistency · maintenance · neutrality · homeostasis · parity
profitability
Capacity to generate gain
contribution · pricing · forecasting · budgeting · projection · financial · accounting · cashflow · overheads · investment
volume
Amount of space filled
threshold · zero · equilibrium · crossover · benchmark · target · calculation · formula · chart · graph
target
Object of pursuit
achievement · outcome · success · viability · sustainability · survival · solvency · minimum · attainment · baseline
equilibrium
State of balance
- steady-stateCondition of constant balance
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- constancyUnchanging faithfulness over time
sustainability · resilience · consistency · maintenance · neutrality · homeostasis · parity
- business financeaccounting, balance sheet, revenue stream, profit margin, budget
- box officebox office, gross, worldwide gross, opening weekend, ticket sales
- financialsincome, profit, earnings, net income, net profit
- business mathmarkup, markdown, discount, profit, margin
- business planexecutive summary, financial projections, market analysis, business model, mission statement
- Business Stagesstartup, launch, growth, maturity, decline
break-evenprofitable
Producing financial benefit
loss-making · in the red · in the black · lucrative · unprofitable