break-even points
Neither profit nor loss
Break-even points are the thresholds where revenue equals costs—no profit, no loss.
In business, reaching the break-even point means you've covered expenses and anything beyond is profit: We need to sell 500 units to hit our break-even point.
The concept applies wherever gains and losses balance: At what price does this investment reach its break-even point?
- bottom lineEssential point or conclusion
- costsAmounts required to pay
- earningsMoney gained from work
- making ends meetEarning enough to survive
- expensesMoney spent on things
profitability · in the red · fixed costs · margin · in the black · sales · contribution margin · unit sales · variable costs · startup costs · profit margin · investments · income · cost recovery · overheads · revenue · cash flow · profits
break-even pointsprofit margins
Percentage kept from sales
net losses · deficit · losses · red ink · windfall profits
break-even pointspoints of no return
Thresholds past which reversal impossible
rock bottom · runaway success · financial ruin · cash cows · money pits
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