break-even point

noun

1. the point at which the income from sale of a product or service equals the invested costs, resulting in neither profit nor loss; the stage at which income equals expenditure.

Word History and Origins

Origin of break-even point¹

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40

Example Sentences

As oil subsidies come to an end and renewable energy is given greater priority, that break-even point is only going to go up.

From Outside Online

Using this method, Schoelkopf and colleagues reported in 2016 in Nature that they can perform error correction that reaches the break-even point.

From Science News