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English
Noun
breakeven (countable and uncountable, plural breakevens)
- Alternative spelling of break-even
Adjective
breakeven (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of break-even
Verb
breakeven
- (nonstandard) Alternative spelling of break even
2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 94:The three laws [of thermodynamics] have been humorously restated as (1) You can't win. (2) You can't even breakeven. (3) You can't get out of the game.
Usage notes
- "Breakeven" as a verb is not inflected, and often seems to be an error for "break even". Compare login.